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+.TH PCRE_TABLE 5
+.ad
+.fi
+.SH NAME
+pcre_table
+\-
+format of Postfix PCRE tables
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.na
+.nf
+\fBpostmap \-q "\fIstring\fB" pcre:/etc/postfix/\fIfilename\fR
+
+\fBpostmap \-q \- pcre:/etc/postfix/\fIfilename\fB <\fIinputfile\fR
+
+\fBpostmap \-hmq \- pcre:/etc/postfix/\fIfilename\fB <\fIinputfile\fR
+
+\fBpostmap \-bmq \- pcre:/etc/postfix/\fIfilename\fB <\fIinputfile\fR
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.ad
+.fi
+The Postfix mail system uses optional tables for address
+rewriting, mail routing, or access control. These tables
+are usually in \fBdbm\fR or \fBdb\fR format.
+
+Alternatively, lookup tables can be specified in Perl Compatible
+Regular 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 "\fBpostconf \-m\fR" command.
+
+To test lookup tables, use the "\fBpostmap \-q\fR" command
+as described in the SYNOPSIS above. Use "\fBpostmap \-hmq
+\-\fR <\fIfile\fR" for header_checks(5) patterns, and
+"\fBpostmap \-bmq \-\fR <\fIfile\fR" for body_checks(5)
+(Postfix 2.6 and later).
+.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
+.na
+.nf
+.ad
+.fi
+With Postfix version 2.2 and earlier specify "\fBpostmap
+\-fq\fR" to query a table that contains case sensitive
+patterns. Patterns are case insensitive by default.
+.SH "TABLE FORMAT"
+.na
+.nf
+.ad
+.fi
+The general form of a PCRE table is:
+.IP "\fB/\fIpattern\fB/\fIflags result\fR"
+When \fIpattern\fR matches the input string, use
+the corresponding \fIresult\fR value.
+.IP "\fB!/\fIpattern\fB/\fIflags result\fR"
+When \fIpattern\fR does \fBnot\fR match the input string, use
+the corresponding \fIresult\fR value.
+.IP "\fBif /\fIpattern\fB/\fIflags\fR"
+.IP "\fBendif\fR"
+If the input string matches /\fIpattern\fR/, then match that
+input string against the patterns between \fBif\fR and
+\fBendif\fR. The \fBif\fR..\fBendif\fR can nest.
+.sp
+Note: do not prepend whitespace to patterns inside
+\fBif\fR..\fBendif\fR.
+.sp
+This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.
+.IP "\fBif !/\fIpattern\fB/\fIflags\fR"
+.IP "\fBendif\fR"
+If the input string does not match /\fIpattern\fR/, then
+match that input string against the patterns between \fBif\fR
+and \fBendif\fR. The \fBif\fR..\fBendif\fR can nest.
+.sp
+Note: do not prepend whitespace to patterns inside
+\fBif\fR..\fBendif\fR.
+.sp
+This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.
+.IP "blank lines and comments"
+Empty lines and whitespace\-only lines are ignored, as
+are lines whose first non\-whitespace character is a `#'.
+.IP "multi\-line text"
+A logical line starts with non\-whitespace text. A line that
+starts with whitespace continues a logical line.
+.PP
+Each pattern is a perl\-like regular expression. The expression
+delimiter 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:
+.IP "\fBi\fR (default: on)"
+Toggles the case sensitivity flag. By default, matching is case
+insensitive.
+.IP "\fBm\fR (default: off)"
+Toggles the PCRE_MULTILINE flag. When this flag is on, the \fB^\fR
+and \fB$\fR metacharacters match immediately after and immediately
+before a newline character, respectively, in addition to
+matching at the start and end of the subject string.
+.IP "\fBs\fR (default: on)"
+Toggles the PCRE_DOTALL flag. When this flag is on, the \fB.\fR
+metacharacter matches the newline character. With
+Postfix versions prior to 2.0, the flag is off by
+default, which is inconvenient for multi\-line message header
+matching.
+.IP "\fBx\fR (default: off)"
+Toggles the pcre extended flag. When this flag is on, whitespace
+characters in the pattern (other than in a character class)
+are ignored. To include a whitespace character as part of
+the pattern, escape it with backslash.
+.sp
+Note: do not use \fB#\fIcomment\fR after patterns.
+.IP "\fBA\fR (default: off)"
+Toggles the PCRE_ANCHORED flag. When this flag is on,
+the pattern is forced to be "anchored", that is, it is
+constrained to match only at the start of the string which
+is being searched (the "subject string"). This effect can
+also be achieved by appropriate constructs in the pattern
+itself.
+.IP "\fBE\fR (default: off)"
+Toggles the PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY flag. When this flag is on,
+a \fB$\fR metacharacter in the pattern matches only at the
+end of the subject string. Without this flag, a dollar also
+matches immediately 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.
+.IP "\fBU\fR (default: off)"
+Toggles the ungreedy matching flag. When this flag is on,
+the pattern matching engine inverts the "greediness" of
+the quantifiers 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.
+.IP "\fBX\fR (default: off)"
+Toggles the PCRE_EXTRA flag.
+When this flag is on, any backslash in a pattern that is
+followed by a letter that has no special meaning causes an
+error, thus reserving these combinations for future expansion.
+.SH "SEARCH ORDER"
+.na
+.nf
+.ad
+.fi
+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 parent network search is done, and
+\fIuser@domain\fR mail addresses are not broken up into their
+\fIuser\fR and \fIdomain\fR constituent parts, nor is \fIuser+foo\fR
+broken up into \fIuser\fR and \fIfoo\fR.
+.SH "TEXT SUBSTITUTION"
+.na
+.nf
+.ad
+.fi
+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 \fB!\fR) return a
+result when the expression does not match, substitutions are not
+available for negated patterns.
+.SH "EXAMPLE SMTPD ACCESS MAP"
+.na
+.nf
+# 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.
+.SH "EXAMPLE HEADER FILTER MAP"
+.na
+.nf
+/^Subject: make money fast/ REJECT
+/^To: friend@public\\.com/ REJECT
+.SH "EXAMPLE BODY FILTER MAP"
+.na
+.nf
+# First skip over base 64 encoded text to save CPU cycles.
+# Requires PCRE version 3.
+~^[[:alnum:]+/]{60,}$~ OK
+
+# Put your own body patterns here.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.na
+.nf
+postmap(1), Postfix lookup table manager
+postconf(5), configuration parameters
+regexp_table(5), format of POSIX regular expression tables
+.SH "README FILES"
+.na
+.nf
+.ad
+.fi
+Use "\fBpostconf readme_directory\fR" or
+"\fBpostconf html_directory\fR" to locate this information.
+.na
+.nf
+DATABASE_README, Postfix lookup table overview
+.SH "AUTHOR(S)"
+.na
+.nf
+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