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NAME
postdrop - Postfix mail posting agent
SYNOPSIS
postdrop [option ...]
DESCRIPTION
The postdrop command creates a file in the maildrop direc-
tory and copies its standard input to the file.
The command is designed to run with set-gid privileges,
and with group write permission to the maildrop queue
directory.
The postdrop command is automatically invoked by the send-
mail(1) mail posting agent when the maildrop queue direc-
tory is not world-writable.
Options:
-v Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul-
tiple -v options make the software increasingly
verbose.
SECURITY
This program is designed so that it can run with set-user
(or group) id privileges.
DIAGNOSTICS
Fatal errors: malformed input, I/O error, out of memory.
Problems are logged to syslogd(8) and to the standard
error stream. When the input is incomplete, or when the
process receives a HUP, INT, QUIT or TERM signal, the
queue file is deleted.
ENVIRONMENT
The program deletes all environment information, because
the C library can't be trusted.
FILES
/var/spool/postfix, mail queue
/etc/postfix, configuration files
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
See the Postfix main.cf file for syntax details and for
default values. Use the postfix reload command after a
configuration change.
queue_directory
Top-level directory of the Postfix queue. This is
also the root directory of Postfix daemons that run
chrooted.
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SEE ALSO
sendmail(1) compatibility interface
syslogd(8) system logging
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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