SHOWQ(8) | SHOWQ(8) |
The showq(8) daemon can also be run in stand-alone mode by the superuser. This mode of operation is used to emulate the `mailq' command while the Postfix mail system is down.
The text below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for more details including examples.
config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output) | The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration files. |
daemon_timeout (18000s) | How much time a Postfix daemon process may take to handle a request before it is terminated by a built-in watchdog timer. |
duplicate_filter_limit (1000) | The maximal number of addresses remembered by the address duplicate filter for aliases(5) or virtual(5) alias expansion, or for showq(8) queue displays. |
empty_address_recipient (MAILER-DAEMON) | The recipient of mail addressed to the null address. |
ipc_timeout (3600s) | The time limit for sending or receiving information over an internal communication channel. |
max_idle (100s) | The maximum amount of time that an idle Postfix daemon process waits for an incoming connection before terminating voluntarily. |
max_use (100) | The maximal number of incoming connections that a Postfix daemon process will service before terminating voluntarily. |
process_id (read-only) | The process ID of a Postfix command or daemon process. |
process_name (read-only) | The process name of a Postfix command or daemon process. |
queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output) | The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory. |
syslog_facility (mail) | The syslog facility of Postfix logging. |
syslog_name (see 'postconf -d' output) | The mail system name that is prepended to the process name in syslog records, so that "smtpd" becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd". |
August 25, 2011 |