POSTQUEUE(1)                                         POSTQUEUE(1)

NAME
       postqueue - Postfix queue control

SYNOPSIS
       postqueue [-c config_dir] -f
       postqueue [-c config_dir] -p
       postqueue [-c config_dir] -s site

DESCRIPTION
       The  postqueue  program implements the Postfix user inter-
       face for queue management. It implements  operations  that
       are  traditionally  available via the sendmail(1) command.
       See the postsuper(1) command  for  queue  operations  that
       require  super-user  privileges such as deleting a message
       from the queue or changing the status of a message.

       The following options are recognized:

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

       -f     Flush  the  queue:  attempt  to  deliver all queued
              mail.

              This option implements the traditional sendmail  -q
              command,  by contacting the Postfix qmgr(8) daemon.

              Warning:  flushing  undeliverable  mail  frequently
              will  result  in  poor  delivery performance of all
              other mail.

       -p     Produce a traditional sendmail-style queue listing.
              This  option  implements the traditional mailq com-
              mand, by contacting the Postfix showq(8) daemon.

              Each queue entry shows the queue file  ID,  message
              size, arrival time, sender, and the recipients that
              still need to be delivered.  If mail could  not  be
              delivered  upon  the  last  attempt, the reason for
              failure is shown. This mode of operation is  imple-
              mented  by  executing the postqueue(1) command. The
              queue ID string is followed by an  optional  status
              character:

              *      The message is in the active queue, i.e. the
                     message is selected for delivery.

              !      The message is in the hold  queue,  i.e.  no
                     further  delivery attempt will be made until
                     the mail is taken off hold.

       -s site
              Schedule immediate delivery of  all  mail  that  is
              queued  for the named site. The site must be eligi-
              ble for the "fast flush" service.  See flush(8) for
              more information about the "fast flush" service.

              This  option  implements  the  traditional sendmail
              -qRsite command, by contacting the Postfix flush(8)
              daemon.

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

SECURITY
       This  program  is designed to run with set-group ID privi-
       leges, so that it can connect to Postfix daemon processes.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Problems  are  logged  to  syslogd(8)  and to the standard
       error stream.

ENVIRONMENT
       MAIL_CONFIG
              Directory with the main.cf file. In order to  avoid
              exploitation  of  set-group  ID  privileges, a non-
              standard directory is allowed only if:

              o      The name is listed in the  standard  main.cf
                     file  with  the alternate_config_directories
                     configuration parameter.

              o      The command is invoked by the super-user.

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
       The following main.cf parameters are  especially  relevant
       to this program.  The text below provides only a parameter
       summary. See postconf(5) for more details including  exam-
       ples.

       alternate_config_directories (empty)
              A  list of non-default Postfix configuration direc-
              tories that may be specified with "-c config_direc-
              tory"  on  the command line, or via the MAIL_CONFIG
              environment parameter.

       config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The default location of  the  Postfix  main.cf  and
              master.cf configuration files.

       command_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The  location  of  all  postfix administrative com-
              mands.

       fast_flush_domains ($relay_domains)
              Optional list of destinations that are eligible for
              per-destination  logfiles  with mail that is queued
              to those destinations.

       import_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The list of environment parameters that  a  Postfix
              process  will import from a non-Postfix parent pro-
              cess.

       queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The location of the Postfix top-level queue  direc-
              tory.

       syslog_facility (mail)
              The syslog facility of Postfix logging.

       syslog_name (postfix)
              The  mail system name that is prepended to the pro-
              cess  name  in  syslog  records,  so  that  "smtpd"
              becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd".

       trigger_timeout (10s)
              The  time  limit for sending a trigger to a Postfix
              daemon (for example, the pickup(8) or qmgr(8)  dae-
              mon).

FILES
       /var/spool/postfix, mail queue

SEE ALSO
       qmgr(8), queue manager
       showq(8), list mail queue
       flush(8), fast flush service
       sendmail(1), Sendmail-compatible user interface
       postsuper(1), privileged queue operations

README FILES
       ETRN_README, Postfix ETRN howto

LICENSE
       The Secure Mailer license must be  distributed  with  this
       software.

HISTORY
       The  postqueue command was introduced with Postfix version
       1.1.

AUTHOR(S)
       Wietse Venema
       IBM T.J. Watson Research
       P.O. Box 704
       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA

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