    POSTKICK(1)                                                        POSTKICK(1)

    NAME
           postkick - kick a Postfix service

    SYNOPSIS
           postkick [-c config_dir] [-v] class service request

    DESCRIPTION
           The  postkick(1)  command sends request to the specified service over a
           local transport channel.  This command makes Postfix private IPC acces-
           sible for use in, for example, shell scripts.

           Options:

           -c config_dir
                  Read  the  main.cf  configuration  file  in  the named directory
                  instead of the default configuration directory.

           -v     Enable verbose  logging  for  debugging  purposes.  Multiple  -v
                  options make the software increasingly verbose.

           Arguments:

           class  Name  of  a  class  of local transport channel endpoints, either
                  public (accessible by any local user) or private (administrative
                  access only).

           service
                  The name of a local transport endpoint within the named class.

           request
                  A string. The list of valid requests is service-specific.

    DIAGNOSTICS
           Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error stream.

    ENVIRONMENT
           MAIL_CONFIG
                  Directory with Postfix configuration files.

           MAIL_VERBOSE
                  Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes.

    CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
           The  following  main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this pro-
           gram.  The text below provides only  a  parameter  summary.  See  post-
           conf(5) for more details including examples.

           config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
                  The  default  location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf con-
                  figuration files.

           application_event_drain_time (100s)
                  How long the postkick(1) command waits for a  request  to  enter
                  the Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up.

           queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
                  The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.

    FILES
           /var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints
           /var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints

    SEE ALSO
           qmgr(8), queue manager trigger protocol
           pickup(8), local pickup daemon
           postconf(5), configuration parameters

    LICENSE
           The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.

    AUTHOR(S)
           Wietse Venema
           IBM T.J. Watson Research
           P.O. Box 704
           Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA

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