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<b>postdrop</b> [<b>-rv</b>] [<b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i>]
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The <a href="postdrop.1.html"><b>postdrop</b>(1)</a> command creates a file in the <b>maildrop</b>
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directory and copies its standard input to the file.
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The <a href="postdrop.1.html"><b>postdrop</b>(1)</a> command creates a file in the <b>maildrop</b> directory and
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copies its standard input to the file.
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<b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i>
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The <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> configuration file is in the named
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directory instead of the default configuration
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directory. See also the MAIL_CONFIG environment
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<b>-r</b> Use a Postfix-internal protocol for reading the
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message from standard input, and for reporting sta-
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tus information on standard output. This is cur-
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rently the only supported method.
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<b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul-
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tiple <b>-v</b> options make the software increasingly
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verbose. As of Postfix 2.3, this option is avail-
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able for the super-user only.
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The <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> configuration file is in the named directory instead
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of the default configuration directory. See also the MAIL_CONFIG
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environment setting below.
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<b>-r</b> Use a Postfix-internal protocol for reading the message from
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standard input, and for reporting status information on standard
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output. This is currently the only supported method.
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<b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple <b>-v</b>
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options make the software increasingly verbose. As of Postfix
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2.3, this option is available for the super-user only.
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The command is designed to run with set-group ID privi-
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leges, so that it can write to the <b>maildrop</b> queue direc-
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tory and so that it can connect to Postfix daemon pro-
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The command is designed to run with set-group ID privileges, so that it
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can write to the <b>maildrop</b> queue directory and so that it can connect to
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Postfix daemon processes.
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Fatal errors: malformed input, I/O error, out of memory.
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Problems are logged to <b>syslogd</b>(8) and to the standard
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error stream. When the input is incomplete, or when the
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process receives a HUP, INT, QUIT or TERM signal, the
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queue file is deleted.
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Fatal errors: malformed input, I/O error, out of memory. Problems are
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logged to <b>syslogd</b>(8) and to the standard error stream. When the input
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is incomplete, or when the process receives a HUP, INT, QUIT or TERM
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signal, the queue file is deleted.
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Directory with the <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> file. In order to avoid
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exploitation of set-group ID privileges, a non-
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standard directory is allowed only if:
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Directory with the <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> file. In order to avoid exploitation
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of set-group ID privileges, a non-standard directory is allowed
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<b>o</b> The name is listed in the standard <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a>
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file with the <b><a href="postconf.5.html#alternate_config_directories">alternate_config_directories</a></b>
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configuration parameter.
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<b>o</b> The name is listed in the standard <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> file with the
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#alternate_config_directories">alternate_config_directories</a></b> configuration parameter.
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<b>o</b> The command is invoked by the super-user.
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<b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b>
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The following <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are especially relevant
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to this program. The text below provides only a parameter
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summary. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for more details including exam-
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The following <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are especially relevant to this pro-
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gram. The text below provides only a parameter summary. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>post-</b></a>
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<a href="postconf.5.html"><b>conf</b>(5)</a> for more details including examples.
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#alternate_config_directories">alternate_config_directories</a> (empty)</b>
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A list of non-default Postfix configuration direc-
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tories that may be specified with "-c <a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_direc</a>-
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<a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">tory</a>" on the command line, or via the MAIL_CONFIG
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environment parameter.
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A list of non-default Postfix configuration directories that may
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be specified with "-c <a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a>" on the command line, or
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via the MAIL_CONFIG environment parameter.
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
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The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and
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<a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> configuration files.
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The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> con-
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#import_environment">import_environment</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
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The list of environment parameters that a Postfix
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process will import from a non-Postfix parent
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The list of environment parameters that a Postfix process will
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import from a non-Postfix parent process.
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
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The location of the Postfix top-level queue direc-
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The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_facility">syslog_facility</a> (mail)</b>
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The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
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The mail system name that is prepended to the
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process name in syslog records, so that "smtpd"
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becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd".
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The mail system name that is prepended to the process name in
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syslog records, so that "smtpd" becomes, for example, "post-
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#trigger_timeout">trigger_timeout</a> (10s)</b>
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The time limit for sending a trigger to a Postfix
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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-
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The time limit for sending a trigger to a Postfix daemon (for
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example, the <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> or <a href="qmgr.8.html"><b>qmgr</b>(8)</a> daemon).
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Available in Postfix version 2.2 and later:
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#authorized_submit_users">authorized_submit_users</a> (<a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">static</a>:anyone)</b>
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List of users who are authorized to submit mail
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with the <a href="sendmail.1.html"><b>sendmail</b>(1)</a> command (and with the privi-
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leged <a href="postdrop.1.html"><b>postdrop</b>(1)</a> helper command).
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List of users who are authorized to submit mail with the <a href="sendmail.1.html"><b>send-</b></a>
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<a href="sendmail.1.html"><b>mail</b>(1)</a> command (and with the privileged <a href="postdrop.1.html"><b>postdrop</b>(1)</a> helper com-
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/var/spool/postfix/<a href="QSHAPE_README.html#maildrop_queue">maildrop</a>, <a href="QSHAPE_README.html#maildrop_queue">maildrop queue</a>
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