{
    "mode": "info",
    "parameter": "POSTKICK",
    "section": "",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/info/POSTKICK/json",
    "generated": "2026-07-04T23:49:36Z",
    "synopsis": "postkick [-c configdir] [-v] class service request",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "postkick - kick a Postfix service\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "postkick [-c configdir] [-v] class service request\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The  postkick(1)  command sends request to the specified service over a\nlocal transport channel.  This command makes Postfix private IPC acces-\nsible for use in, for example, shell scripts.\n\nOptions:\n\n-c configdir\nRead  the  main.cf configuration file in the named directory in-\nstead of the default configuration directory.\n\n-v     Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple  -v  op-\ntions make the software increasingly verbose.\n\nArguments:\n\nclass  Name  of  a  class  of local transport channel endpoints, either\npublic (accessible by any local user) or private (administrative\naccess only).\n\nservice\nThe name of a local transport endpoint within the named class.\n\nrequest\nA string. The list of valid requests is service-specific.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DIAGNOSTICS": {
            "content": "Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error stream.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "ENVIRONMENT": {
            "content": "MAILCONFIG\nDirectory with Postfix configuration files.\n\nMAILVERBOSE\nEnable verbose logging for debugging purposes.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS": {
            "content": "The  following  main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this pro-\ngram.  The text below provides only  a  parameter  summary.  See  post-\nconf(5) for more details including examples.\n\nconfigdirectory (see 'postconf -d' output)\nThe  default  location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf con-\nfiguration files.\n\napplicationeventdraintime (100s)\nHow long the postkick(1) command waits for a  request  to  enter\nthe Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up.\n\nimportenvironment (see 'postconf -d' output)\nThe  list  of  environment  parameters that a privileged Postfix\nprocess will  import  from  a  non-Postfix  parent  process,  or\nname=value environment overrides.\n\nqueuedirectory (see 'postconf -d' output)\nThe location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "/var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints\n/var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "qmgr(8), queue manager trigger protocol\npickup(8), local pickup daemon\npostconf(5), configuration parameters\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "LICENSE": {
            "content": "The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.\n\nAUTHOR(S)\nWietse Venema\nIBM T.J. Watson Research\nP.O. Box 704\nYorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA\n\nWietse Venema\nGoogle, Inc.\n111 8th Avenue\nNew York, NY 10011, USA\n\nPOSTKICK(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "postkick - kick a Postfix service",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "qmgr",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/qmgr/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pickup",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pickup/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "postconf",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/postconf/5/json"
        }
    ]
}