POSTDROP(1)                                           POSTDROP(1)


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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POSTDROP(1)                                           POSTDROP(1)


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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