    POSTDROP(1)                                           POSTDROP(1)

    NAME
           postdrop - Postfix mail posting utility

    SYNOPSIS
           postdrop [-rv] [-c config_dir]

    DESCRIPTION
           The postdrop command creates a file in the maildrop direc-
           tory and copies its standard input to the file.

           Options:

           -c     The main.cf configuration  file  is  in  the  named
                  directory  instead  of  the  default  configuration
                  directory. See  also  the  MAIL_CONFIG  environment
                  setting below.

           -r     Use  a  Postfix-internal  protocol  for reading the
                  message from standard input, and for reporting sta-
                  tus  information  on  standard output. This is cur-
                  rently the only supported method.

           -v     Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul-
                  tiple  -v  options  make  the software increasingly
                  verbose.

    SECURITY
           The command is designed to run with  set-group  ID  privi-
           leges,  so  that it can write to the maildrop queue direc-
           tory and so that it can connect  to  Postfix  daemon  pro-
           cesses.

    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
           MAIL_CONFIG
                  Directory  with the main.cf file. In order to avoid
                  exploitation of set-group ID privileges, it is  not
                  possible to specify arbitrary directory names.

                  A  non-standard  directory  is  allowed only if the
                  name is listed in the standard main.cf file, in the
                  alternate_config_directories  configuration parame-
                  ter value.

                  Only the superuser is allowed to specify  arbitrary
                  directory names.

    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.

           import_environment
                  List of names of environment parameters that can be
                  imported from non-Postfix processes.

           queue_directory
                  Top-level directory of the Postfix queue.  This  is
                  also the root directory of Postfix daemons that run
                  chrooted.

    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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