REGEXP_TABLE(5)		      File Formats Manual	       REGEXP_TABLE(5)



NAME
       regexp_table - format of Postfix regular expression tables

SYNOPSIS
       postmap -q "string" regexp:/etc/postfix/filename

       postmap -q - regexp:/etc/postfix/filename <inputfile

DESCRIPTION
       The  Postfix  mail  system  uses optional tables for address rewriting,
       mail routing, or access control. These tables are usually in dbm or  db
       format.

       Alternatively,  lookup tables can be specified in POSIX regular expres-
       sion form. In this case, each input is compared against a list of  pat-
       terns.  When a match is found, the corresponding result is returned and
       the search is terminated.

       To find out what types of lookup tables your  Postfix  system  supports
       use the "postconf -m" command.

       To test lookup tables, use the "postmap -q" command as described in the
       SYNOPSIS above.

COMPATIBILITY
       With Postfix version 2.2 and earlier specify "postmap -fq" to  query  a
       table that contains case sensitive patterns. Patterns are case insensi-
       tive by default.

TABLE FORMAT
       The general form of a Postfix regular expression table is:

       /pattern/flags result
	      When pattern matches the input  string,  use  the	 corresponding
	      result value.

       !/pattern/flags result
	      When  pattern  does  not	match the input string, use the corre-
	      sponding result value.

       if /pattern/flags

       endif  Match the input string  against  the  patterns  between  if  and
	      endif,  if  and only if that same input string also matches pat-
	      tern. The if..endif can nest.

	      Note: do not prepend whitespace to patterns inside if..endif.

	      This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.

       if !/pattern/flags

       endif  Match the input string  against  the  patterns  between  if  and
	      endif, if and only if that same input string does not match pat-
	      tern. The if..endif can nest.

	      Note: do not prepend whitespace to patterns inside if..endif.

	      This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.

       blank lines and comments
	      Empty lines and whitespace-only lines are ignored, as are	 lines
	      whose first non-whitespace character is a `#'.

       multi-line text
	      A	 logical  line	starts	with  non-whitespace text. A line that
	      starts with whitespace continues a logical line.

       Each pattern is a POSIX regular expression enclosed by a pair of delim-
       iters. The regular expression syntax is documented in re_format(7) with
       4.4BSD, in regex(5) with Solaris, and in	 regex(7)  with	 Linux.	 Other
       systems may use other document names.

       The  expression	delimiter  can	be any character, except whitespace or
       characters that have special meaning (traditionally the	forward	 slash
       is used). The regular expression can contain whitespace.

       By  default, matching is case-insensitive, and newlines are not treated
       as special characters. The behavior is controlled by flags,  which  are
       toggled	by appending one or more of the following characters after the
       pattern:

       i (default: on)
	      Toggles the case sensitivity flag. By default, matching is  case
	      insensitive.

       m (default: off)
	      Toggle the multi-line mode flag. When this flag is on, the ^ and
	      $ metacharacters match immediately after and immediately	before
	      a	 newline  character,  respectively, in addition to matching at
	      the start and end of the input string.

       x (default: on)
	      Toggles the extended expression syntax flag. By default, support
	      for extended expression syntax is enabled.

TABLE SEARCH ORDER
       Patterns	 are  applied  in the order as specified in the table, until a
       pattern is found that matches the input string.

       Each pattern is applied to the entire input string.  Depending  on  the
       application, that string is an entire client hostname, an entire client
       IP address, or an entire mail address.  Thus, no parent domain or  par-
       ent network search is done, and user@domain mail addresses are not bro-
       ken up into their user and domain constituent parts,  nor  is  user+foo
       broken up into user and foo.

TEXT SUBSTITUTION
       Substitution  of substrings from the matched expression into the result
       string is possible using $1, $2, etc.; specify $$ to produce a $	 char-
       acter  as output.  The macros in the result string may need to be writ-
       ten as ${n} or $(n) if they aren't followed by whitespace.

       Note: since negated patterns (those preceded by !) return a result when
       the  expression	does  not  match,  substitutions are not available for
       negated patterns.

EXAMPLE SMTPD ACCESS MAP
       # Disallow sender-specified routing. This is a must if you relay mail
       # for other domains.
       /[%!@].*[%!@]/	    550 Sender-specified routing rejected

       # Postmaster is OK, that way they can talk to us about how to fix
       # their problem.
       /^postmaster@/	    OK

       # Protect your outgoing majordomo exploders
       if !/^owner-/
       /^(.*)-outgoing@(.*)$/	550 Use ${1}@${2} instead
       endif

EXAMPLE HEADER FILTER MAP
       # These were once common in junk mail.
       /^Subject: make money fast/     REJECT
       /^To: friend@public\.com/       REJECT

EXAMPLE BODY FILTER MAP
       # First skip over base 64 encoded text to save CPU cycles.
       ~^[[:alnum:]+/]{60,}$~	       OK

       # Put your own body patterns here.

SEE ALSO
       postmap(1), Postfix lookup table manager
       pcre_table(5), format of PCRE tables
       cidr_table(5), format of CIDR tables

README FILES
       Use "postconf readme_directory" or "postconf html_directory" to	locate
       this information.
       DATABASE_README, Postfix lookup table overview

AUTHOR(S)
       The regexp table lookup code was originally written by:
       LaMont Jones
       lamont@hp.com

       That code was based on the PCRE dictionary contributed by:
       Andrew McNamara
       andrewm@connect.com.au
       connect.com.au Pty. Ltd.
       Level 3, 213 Miller St
       North Sydney, NSW, Australia

       Adopted and adapted by:
       Wietse Venema
       IBM T.J. Watson Research
       P.O. Box 704
       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA



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