.TH POSTKICK 1 .ad .fi .SH NAME postkick \- kick a Postfix service .SH "SYNOPSIS" .na .nf .fi \fBpostkick\fR [\fB-c \fIconfig_dir\fR] [\fB-v\fR] \fIclass service request\fR .SH DESCRIPTION .ad .fi The \fBpostkick\fR(1) command sends \fIrequest\fR to the specified \fIservice\fR over a local transport channel. This command makes Postfix private IPC accessible for use in, for example, shell scripts. Options: .IP "\fB-c\fR \fIconfig_dir\fR" Read the \fBmain.cf\fR configuration file in the named directory instead of the default configuration directory. .IP \fB-v\fR Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple \fB-v\fR options make the software increasingly verbose. .PP Arguments: .IP \fIclass\fR Name of a class of local transport channel endpoints, either \fBpublic\fR (accessible by any local user) or \fBprivate\fR (administrative access only). .IP \fIservice\fR The name of a local transport endpoint within the named class. .IP \fIrequest\fR A string. The list of valid requests is service-specific. .SH DIAGNOSTICS .ad .fi Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error stream. .SH "ENVIRONMENT" .na .nf .ad .fi .IP \fBMAIL_CONFIG\fR Directory with Postfix configuration files. .IP \fBMAIL_VERBOSE\fR Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. .SH "CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS" .na .nf .ad .fi The following \fBmain.cf\fR parameters are especially relevant to this program. The text below provides only a parameter summary. See \fBpostconf\fR(5) for more details including examples. .IP "\fBconfig_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR" The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration files. .IP "\fBapplication_event_drain_time (100s)\fR" How long the \fBpostkick\fR(1) command waits for a request to enter the Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up. .IP "\fBqueue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR" The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory. .SH "FILES" .na .nf /var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints /var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints .SH "SEE ALSO" .na .nf qmgr(8), queue manager trigger protocol pickup(8), local pickup daemon postconf(5), configuration parameters .SH "LICENSE" .na .nf .ad .fi The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. .SH "AUTHOR(S)" .na .nf Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA