## 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 accessible for use in, for example, shell scripts.

Options:

\fB-c\fR \fIconfig_dir\fR

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

\fB-v\fR

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

Arguments:

\fIclass\fR

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

\fIservice\fR

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

\fIrequest\fR

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

## DIAGNOSTICS

Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error stream.

## ENVIRONMENT

\fBMAIL_CONFIG\fR

Directory with Postfix configuration files.

\fBMAIL_VERBOSE\fR

Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes.

## CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this program. The text below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for more details including examples.

\fBconfig_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR

The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration files.

\fBapplication_event_drain_time (100s)\fR

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

\fBqueue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR

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