1<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 2 "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 3<html> <head> 4<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 5<title> Postfix manual - pickup(8) </title> 6</head> <body> <pre> 7PICKUP(8) PICKUP(8) 8 9<b>NAME</b> 10 pickup - Postfix local mail pickup 11 12<b>SYNOPSIS</b> 13 <b>pickup</b> [generic Postfix daemon options] 14 15<b>DESCRIPTION</b> 16 The <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon waits for hints that new mail has been dropped 17 into the <b>maildrop</b> directory, and feeds it into the <a href="cleanup.8.html"><b>cleanup</b>(8)</a> daemon. 18 Ill-formatted files are deleted without notifying the originator. This 19 program expects to be run from the <a href="master.8.html"><b>master</b>(8)</a> process manager. 20 21<b>STANDARDS</b> 22 None. The <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon does not interact with the outside world. 23 24<b>SECURITY</b> 25 The <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon is moderately security sensitive. It runs with 26 fixed low privilege and can run in a chrooted environment. However, 27 the program reads files from potentially hostile users. The <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> 28 daemon opens no files for writing, is careful about what files it opens 29 for reading, and does not actually touch any data that is sent to its 30 public service endpoint. 31 32<b>DIAGNOSTICS</b> 33 Problems and transactions are logged to <b>syslogd</b>(8) or <a href="postlogd.8.html"><b>postlogd</b>(8)</a>. 34 35<b>BUGS</b> 36 The <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon copies mail from file to the <a href="cleanup.8.html"><b>cleanup</b>(8)</a> daemon. 37 It could avoid message copying overhead by sending a file descriptor 38 instead of file data, but then the already complex <a href="cleanup.8.html"><b>cleanup</b>(8)</a> daemon 39 would have to deal with unfiltered user data. 40 41<b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b> 42 As the <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon is a relatively long-running process, up to an 43 hour may pass before a <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> change takes effect. Use the command 44 "<b>postfix reload</b>" command to speed up a change. 45 46 The text below provides only a parameter summary. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for 47 more details including examples. 48 49<b>CONTENT INSPECTION CONTROLS</b> 50 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#content_filter">content_filter</a> (empty)</b> 51 After the message is queued, send the entire message to the 52 specified <i>transport:destination</i>. 53 54 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#receive_override_options">receive_override_options</a> (empty)</b> 55 Enable or disable recipient validation, built-in content filter- 56 ing, or address mapping. 57 58<b>MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS</b> 59 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 60 The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> con- 61 figuration files. 62 63 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#ipc_timeout">ipc_timeout</a> (3600s)</b> 64 The time limit for sending or receiving information over an 65 internal communication channel. 66 67 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#line_length_limit">line_length_limit</a> (2048)</b> 68 Upon input, long lines are chopped up into pieces of at most 69 this length; upon delivery, long lines are reconstructed. 70 71 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#max_idle">max_idle</a> (100s)</b> 72 The maximum amount of time that an idle Postfix daemon process 73 waits for an incoming connection before terminating voluntarily. 74 75 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#max_use">max_use</a> (100)</b> 76 The maximal number of incoming connections that a Postfix daemon 77 process will service before terminating voluntarily. 78 79 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#process_id">process_id</a> (read-only)</b> 80 The process ID of a Postfix command or daemon process. 81 82 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#process_name">process_name</a> (read-only)</b> 83 The process name of a Postfix command or daemon process. 84 85 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 86 The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory. 87 88 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_facility">syslog_facility</a> (mail)</b> 89 The syslog facility of Postfix logging. 90 91 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 92 A prefix that is prepended to the process name in syslog 93 records, so that, for example, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd". 94 95 Available in Postfix 3.3 and later: 96 97 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#service_name">service_name</a> (read-only)</b> 98 The <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> service name of a Postfix daemon process. 99 100 Available in Postfix 3.5 and later: 101 102 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#info_log_address_format">info_log_address_format</a> (external)</b> 103 The email address form that will be used in non-debug logging 104 (info, warning, etc.). 105 106<b>SEE ALSO</b> 107 <a href="cleanup.8.html">cleanup(8)</a>, message canonicalization 108 <a href="sendmail.1.html">sendmail(1)</a>, Sendmail-compatible interface 109 <a href="postdrop.1.html">postdrop(1)</a>, mail posting agent 110 <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters 111 <a href="master.5.html">master(5)</a>, generic daemon options 112 <a href="master.8.html">master(8)</a>, process manager 113 <a href="postlogd.8.html">postlogd(8)</a>, Postfix logging 114 syslogd(8), system logging 115 116<b>LICENSE</b> 117 The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. 118 119<b>AUTHOR(S)</b> 120 Wietse Venema 121 IBM T.J. Watson Research 122 P.O. Box 704 123 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA 124 125 Wietse Venema 126 Google, Inc. 127 111 8th Avenue 128 New York, NY 10011, USA 129 130 PICKUP(8) 131</pre> </body> </html> 132