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+PCRE_TABLE(5) PCRE_TABLE(5)
+
+<b>NAME</b>
+ pcre_table - format of Postfix PCRE tables
+
+<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
+ <b>postmap -q "</b><i>string</i><b>" <a href="pcre_table.5.html">pcre</a>:/etc/postfix/</b><i>filename</i>
+
+ <b>postmap -q - <a href="pcre_table.5.html">pcre</a>:/etc/postfix/</b><i>filename</i> &lt;<i>inputfile</i>
+
+ <b>postmap -hmq - <a href="pcre_table.5.html">pcre</a>:/etc/postfix/</b><i>filename</i> &lt;<i>inputfile</i>
+
+ <b>postmap -bmq - <a href="pcre_table.5.html">pcre</a>:/etc/postfix/</b><i>filename</i> &lt;<i>inputfile</i>
+
+<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
+ The Postfix mail system uses optional tables for address rewriting,
+ mail routing, or access control. These tables are usually in <b>dbm</b> or <b>db</b>
+ format.
+
+ Alternatively, lookup tables can be specified in Perl Compatible Regu-
+ lar Expression form. In this case, each input is compared against a
+ list of patterns. 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 "<b>postconf -m</b>" command.
+
+ To test lookup tables, use the "<b>postmap -q</b>" command as described in the
+ SYNOPSIS above. Use "<b>postmap -hmq -</b> &lt;<i>file</i>" for <a href="header_checks.5.html">header_checks(5)</a> pat-
+ terns, and "<b>postmap -bmq -</b> &lt;<i>file</i>" for <a href="header_checks.5.html">body_checks(5)</a> (Postfix 2.6 and
+ later).
+
+<b>COMPATIBILITY</b>
+ With Postfix version 2.2 and earlier specify "<b>postmap -fq</b>" to query a
+ table that contains case sensitive patterns. Patterns are case insensi-
+ tive by default.
+
+<b>TABLE FORMAT</b>
+ The general form of a PCRE table is:
+
+ <b>/</b><i>pattern</i><b>/</b><i>flags result</i>
+ When <i>pattern</i> matches the input string, use the corresponding
+ <i>result</i> value.
+
+ <b>!/</b><i>pattern</i><b>/</b><i>flags result</i>
+ When <i>pattern</i> does <b>not</b> match the input string, use the corre-
+ sponding <i>result</i> value.
+
+ <b>if /</b><i>pattern</i><b>/</b><i>flags</i>
+
+ <b>endif</b> If the input string matches /<i>pattern</i>/, then match that input
+ string against the patterns between <b>if</b> and <b>endif</b>. The <b>if</b>..<b>endif</b>
+ can nest.
+
+ Note: do not prepend whitespace to patterns inside <b>if</b>..<b>endif</b>.
+
+ This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.
+
+ <b>if !/</b><i>pattern</i><b>/</b><i>flags</i>
+
+ <b>endif</b> If the input string does not match /<i>pattern</i>/, then match that
+ input string against the patterns between <b>if</b> and <b>endif</b>. The
+ <b>if</b>..<b>endif</b> can nest.
+
+ Note: do not prepend whitespace to patterns inside <b>if</b>..<b>endif</b>.
+
+ 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 perl-like regular expression. The expression delim-
+ iter can be any non-alphanumerical 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:
+
+ <b>i</b> (default: on)
+ Toggles the case sensitivity flag. By default, matching is case
+ insensitive.
+
+ <b>m</b> (default: off)
+ Toggles the PCRE_MULTILINE flag. When this flag is on, the <b>^</b> and
+ <b>$</b> metacharacters match immediately after and immediately before
+ a newline character, respectively, in addition to matching at
+ the start and end of the subject string.
+
+ <b>s</b> (default: on)
+ Toggles the PCRE_DOTALL flag. When this flag is on, the <b>.</b>
+ metacharacter matches the newline character. With Postfix ver-
+ sions prior to 2.0, the flag is off by default, which is incon-
+ venient for multi-line message header matching.
+
+ <b>x</b> (default: off)
+ Toggles the pcre extended flag. When this flag is on, whitespace
+ characters in the pattern (other than in a character class) are
+ ignored. To include a whitespace character as part of the pat-
+ tern, escape it with backslash.
+
+ Note: do not use <b>#</b><i>comment</i> after patterns.
+
+ <b>A</b> (default: off)
+ Toggles the PCRE_ANCHORED flag. When this flag is on, the pat-
+ tern is forced to be "anchored", that is, it is constrained to
+ match only at the start of the string which is being searched
+ (the "subject string"). This effect can also be achieved by
+ appropriate constructs in the pattern itself.
+
+ <b>E</b> (default: off)
+ Toggles the PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY flag. When this flag is on, a <b>$</b>
+ metacharacter in the pattern matches only at the end of the sub-
+ ject string. Without this flag, a dollar also matches immedi-
+ ately before the final character if it is a newline character
+ (but not before any other newline characters). This flag is
+ ignored if PCRE_MULTILINE flag is set.
+
+ <b>U</b> (default: off)
+ Toggles the ungreedy matching flag. When this flag is on, the
+ pattern matching engine inverts the "greediness" of the quanti-
+ fiers so that they are not greedy by default, but become greedy
+ if followed by "?". This flag can also set by a (?U) modifier
+ within the pattern.
+
+ <b>X</b> (default: off)
+ Toggles the PCRE_EXTRA flag. When this flag is on, any back-
+ slash in a pattern that is followed by a letter that has no spe-
+ cial meaning causes an error, thus reserving these combinations
+ for future expansion.
+
+<b>SEARCH ORDER</b>
+ 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 <i>user@domain</i> mail addresses are not bro-
+ ken up into their <i>user</i> and <i>domain</i> constituent parts, nor is <i>user+foo</i>
+ broken up into <i>user</i> and <i>foo</i>.
+
+<b>TEXT SUBSTITUTION</b>
+ Substitution of substrings (text that matches patterns inside "()")
+ from the matched expression into the result string is requested with
+ $1, $2, etc.; specify $$ to produce a $ character as output. The
+ macros in the result string may need to be written as ${n} or $(n) if
+ they aren't followed by whitespace.
+
+ Note: since negated patterns (those preceded by <b>!</b>) return a result when
+ the expression does not match, substitutions are not available for
+ negated patterns.
+
+<b>EXAMPLE SMTPD ACCESS MAP</b>
+ # Protect your outgoing majordomo exploders
+ /^(?!owner-)(.*)-outgoing@(.*)/ 550 Use ${1}@${2} instead
+
+ # Bounce friend@whatever, except when whatever is our domain (you would
+ # be better just bouncing all friend@ mail - this is just an example).
+ /^(friend@(?!my\.domain$).*)$/ 550 Stick this in your pipe $1
+
+ # A multi-line entry. The text is sent as one line.
+ #
+ /^noddy@my\.domain$/
+ 550 This user is a funny one. You really don't want to send mail to
+ them as it only makes their head spin.
+
+<b>EXAMPLE HEADER FILTER MAP</b>
+ /^Subject: make money fast/ REJECT
+ /^To: friend@public\.com/ REJECT
+
+<b>EXAMPLE BODY FILTER MAP</b>
+ # First skip over base 64 encoded text to save CPU cycles.
+ # Requires PCRE version 3.
+ ~^[[:alnum:]+/]{60,}$~ OK
+
+ # Put your own body patterns here.
+
+<b>SEE ALSO</b>
+ <a href="postmap.1.html">postmap(1)</a>, Postfix lookup table manager
+ <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters
+ <a href="regexp_table.5.html">regexp_table(5)</a>, format of POSIX regular expression tables
+
+<b>README FILES</b>
+ <a href="DATABASE_README.html">DATABASE_README</a>, Postfix lookup table overview
+
+<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
+ The PCRE table lookup code was originally written 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
+
+ Wietse Venema
+ Google, Inc.
+ 111 8th Avenue
+ New York, NY 10011, USA
+
+ PCRE_TABLE(5)
+</pre> </body> </html>