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7 POSTDROP(
1) POSTDROP(
1)
10 postdrop - Postfix mail posting utility
13 <b>postdrop
</b> [
<b>-rv
</b>] [
<b>-c
</b> <i>config
</i><b>_
</b><i>dir
</i>]
16 The
<a href=
"postdrop.1.html"><b>postdrop
</b>(
1)
</a> command creates a file in the
<b>maildrop
</b>
17 directory and copies its standard input to the file.
21 <b>-c
</b> <i>config
</i><b>_
</b><i>dir
</i>
22 The
<a href=
"postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf
</b></a> configuration file is in the named
23 directory instead of the default configuration
24 directory. See also the MAIL_CONFIG environment
27 <b>-r
</b> Use a Postfix-internal protocol for reading the
28 message from standard input, and for reporting sta-
29 tus information on standard output. This is cur-
30 rently the only supported method.
32 <b>-v
</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul-
33 tiple
<b>-v
</b> options make the software increasingly
34 verbose. As of Postfix
2.3, this option is avail-
35 able for the super-user only.
38 The command is designed to run with set-group ID privi-
39 leges, so that it can write to the
<b>maildrop
</b> queue direc-
40 tory and so that it can connect to Postfix daemon pro-
44 Fatal errors: malformed input, I/O error, out of memory.
45 Problems are logged to
<b>syslogd
</b>(
8) and to the standard
46 error stream. When the input is incomplete, or when the
47 process receives a HUP, INT, QUIT or TERM signal, the
48 queue file is deleted.
52 Directory with the
<a href=
"postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf
</b></a> file. In order to avoid
53 exploitation of set-group ID privileges, a non-
54 standard directory is allowed only if:
56 <b>o
</b> The name is listed in the standard
<a href=
"postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf
</b></a>
57 file with the
<b><a href=
"postconf.5.html#alternate_config_directories">alternate_config_directories
</a></b>
58 configuration parameter.
60 <b>o
</b> The command is invoked by the super-user.
62 <b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
</b>
63 The following
<a href=
"postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf
</b></a> parameters are especially relevant
64 to this program. The text below provides only a parameter
65 summary. See
<a href=
"postconf.5.html"><b>postconf
</b>(
5)
</a> for more details including exam-
68 <b><a href=
"postconf.5.html#alternate_config_directories">alternate_config_directories
</a> (empty)
</b>
69 A list of non-default Postfix configuration direc-
70 tories that may be specified with
"-c <a href="postconf
.5.html#config_directory
">config_direc</a>-
71 <a href="postconf
.5.html#config_directory
">tory</a>" on the command line, or via the MAIL_CONFIG
72 environment parameter.
74 <b><a href=
"postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory
</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)
</b>
75 The default location of the Postfix
<a href=
"postconf.5.html">main.cf
</a> and
76 <a href=
"master.5.html">master.cf
</a> configuration files.
78 <b><a href=
"postconf.5.html#import_environment">import_environment
</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)
</b>
79 The list of environment parameters that a Postfix
80 process will import from a non-Postfix parent
83 <b><a href=
"postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory
</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)
</b>
84 The location of the Postfix top-level queue direc-
87 <b><a href=
"postconf.5.html#syslog_facility">syslog_facility
</a> (mail)
</b>
88 The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
90 <b><a href=
"postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name
</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)
</b>
91 The mail system name that is prepended to the
92 process name in syslog records, so that
"smtpd"
93 becomes, for example,
"postfix/smtpd".
95 <b><a href=
"postconf.5.html#trigger_timeout">trigger_timeout
</a> (
10s)
</b>
96 The time limit for sending a trigger to a Postfix
97 daemon (for example, the
<a href=
"pickup.8.html"><b>pickup
</b>(
8)
</a> or
<a href=
"qmgr.8.html"><b>qmgr
</b>(
8)
</a> dae-
100 Available in Postfix version
2.2 and later:
102 <b><a href=
"postconf.5.html#authorized_submit_users">authorized_submit_users
</a> (static:anyone)
</b>
103 List of users who are authorized to submit mail
104 with the
<a href=
"sendmail.1.html"><b>sendmail
</b>(
1)
</a> command (and with the privi-
105 leged
<a href=
"postdrop.1.html"><b>postdrop
</b>(
1)
</a> helper command).
108 /var/spool/postfix/
<a href=
"QSHAPE_README.html#maildrop_queue">maildrop
</a>,
<a href=
"QSHAPE_README.html#maildrop_queue">maildrop queue
</a>
111 <a href=
"sendmail.1.html">sendmail(
1)
</a>, compatibility interface
112 <a href=
"postconf.5.html">postconf(
5)
</a>, configuration parameters
113 syslogd(
8), system logging
116 The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this
121 IBM T.J. Watson Research
123 Yorktown Heights, NY
10598, USA
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