{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "postkick",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/postkick/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-03T00:21:22Z",
    "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 local transport chan‐\nnel.  This command makes Postfix private IPC  accessible  for  use  in,  for  example,  shell\nscripts.\n\nOptions:\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-c",
                    "content": "Read the main.cf configuration file in the named directory instead of the default con‐\nfiguration directory.\n",
                    "flag": "-c"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v -v",
                    "content": "increasingly verbose.\n\nArguments:\n\nclass  Name of a class of local transport channel endpoints, either public (accessible by any\nlocal user) or private (administrative access 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",
                    "flag": "-v"
                }
            ]
        },
        "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  program.   The  text  below\nprovides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for more details including examples.\n\nconfigdirectory (see 'postconf -d' output)\nThe default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration files.\n\napplicationeventdraintime (100s)\nHow  long  the  postkick(1)  command  waits  for a request to enter the Postfix daemon\nprocess input buffer before giving up.\n\nimportenvironment (see 'postconf -d' output)\nThe list of environment parameters that a privileged Postfix process will import  from\na non-Postfix parent process, or name=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\n\n\nPOSTKICK(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "postkick - kick a Postfix service",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-c",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Read the main.cf configuration file in the named directory instead of the default con‐ figuration directory."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        }
    ],
    "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"
        }
    ]
}