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PICKUP(8) PICKUP(8)
<b>NAME</b>
pickup - Postfix local mail pickup
<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
<b>pickup</b> [generic Postfix daemon options]
<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
The <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon waits for hints that new mail has
been dropped into the <b>maildrop</b> directory, and feeds it
into the <a href="cleanup.8.html"><b>cleanup</b>(8)</a> daemon. Ill-formatted files are
deleted without notifying the originator. This program
expects to be run from the <a href="master.8.html"><b>master</b>(8)</a> process manager.
<b>STANDARDS</b>
None. The <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon does not interact with the out-
side world.
<b>SECURITY</b>
The <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon is moderately security sensitive. It
runs with fixed low privilege and can run in a chrooted
environment. However, the program reads files from poten-
tially hostile users. The <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon opens no files
for writing, is careful about what files it opens for
reading, and does not actually touch any data that is sent
to its public service endpoint.
<b>DIAGNOSTICS</b>
Problems and transactions are logged to <b>syslogd</b>(8).
<b>BUGS</b>
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. It could avoid message copying over-
head by sending a file descriptor instead of file data,
but then the already complex <a href="cleanup.8.html"><b>cleanup</b>(8)</a> daemon would have
to deal with unfiltered user data.
<b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b>
As the <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> daemon is a relatively long-running
process, up to an hour may pass before a <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> change
takes effect. Use the command "<b>postfix reload</b>" command to
speed up a change.
The text below provides only a parameter summary. See
<a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for more details including examples.
<b>CONTENT INSPECTION CONTROLS</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#content_filter">content_filter</a> (empty)</b>
The name of a mail delivery transport that filters
mail after it is queued.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#receive_override_options">receive_override_options</a> (empty)</b>
Enable or disable recipient validation, built-in
content filtering, or address mapping.
<b>MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and
<a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> configuration files.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#daemon_timeout">daemon_timeout</a> (18000s)</b>
How much time a Postfix daemon process may take to
handle a request before it is terminated by a
built-in watchdog timer.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#ipc_timeout">ipc_timeout</a> (3600s)</b>
The time limit for sending or receiving information
over an internal communication channel.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#line_length_limit">line_length_limit</a> (2048)</b>
Upon input, long lines are chopped up into pieces
of at most this length; upon delivery, long lines
are reconstructed.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#max_idle">max_idle</a> (100s)</b>
The maximum amount of time that an idle Postfix
daemon process waits for the next service request
before exiting.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#max_use">max_use</a> (100)</b>
The maximal number of connection requests before a
Postfix daemon process terminates.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#process_id">process_id</a> (read-only)</b>
The process ID of a Postfix command or daemon
process.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#process_name">process_name</a> (read-only)</b>
The process name of a Postfix command or daemon
process.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The location of the Postfix top-level queue direc-
tory.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_facility">syslog_facility</a> (mail)</b>
The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> (postfix)</b>
The mail system name that is prepended to the
process name in syslog records, so that "smtpd"
becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd".
<b>SEE ALSO</b>
<a href="cleanup.8.html">cleanup(8)</a>, message canonicalization
<a href="sendmail.1.html">sendmail(1)</a>, Sendmail-compatible interface
<a href="postdrop.1.html">postdrop(1)</a>, mail posting agent
<a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters
<a href="master.5.html">master(5)</a>, generic daemon options
<a href="master.8.html">master(8)</a>, process manager
syslogd(8), system logging
<b>LICENSE</b>
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this
software.
<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
Wietse Venema
IBM T.J. Watson Research
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
PICKUP(8)
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