Why is postmap returning an error when executed on a PCRE lookup table?

Question

I am using postfix-pcre on Debian Linux.

When I run:

postmap /etc/postfix/smtp_header_checks.pcre

or

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

6

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

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '15 at 15:05

0

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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