Postfix: postmap error with pcre

Question

I am using postfix-pcre on debian linux.

When I run postmap /etc/postfix/smtp_header_checks.pcre and postmap pcre:/etc/postfix/smtp_header_checks.pcre, I get the following error:

postmap: warning: smtp_header_checks.pcre, line 1: record is in "key: value" 
format; is this an alias file?

What is wrong? I have this in /etc/postfix/smtp_header_checks.pcre:

# Remove sender's IP address information
/^Received: .*/ IGNORE
/^X-Originating-IP:/ IGNORE

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '12 at 08:41

5

You don't need to run postmap on postfix's pcre files.

answered Aug 02 '12 at 08:41

Mike Pennington

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '12 at 15:42

1

You cannot run postmap on PCRE, CIDR, REGEX, or TEXTMAP files.

answered Aug 02 '12 at 15:42

adaptr

Correction: you *can* run `postmap` on a pcre file; it even creates a `.db` after doing so. However running `postmap` on a pcre file results in the errors shown in the question. – Mike Pennington Aug 02 '12 at 16:08
Since the context is "a working postfix installation", no, you cannot. – adaptr Aug 03 '12 at 12:33
Help me understand what goes wrong if I did, because postfix was still working fine when I did it – Mike Pennington Aug 03 '12 at 12:43

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '15 at 15:05

-1

The space between the colon and period in line one causes the postmap warning message.

answered Mar 06 '15 at 15:05

dan

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