From: Chateauneuf (dupapeTQMcube.com)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2003 - 13:11:17 CDT

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On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 13:32, Dean Strik wrote:
> Chateauneuf wrote:
> > >From regexp_table:
> >
> > postmap -q "string" regexp:/etc/postfix/filename
> >
> > What does "string" refer to? Is this "Nfinorvw" or something else?
>
> This is the thing you want to lookup. The left part this is.

As Weitse pointed out, "string" = key.

"Key" corresponds to the documentation. "String" is ambiguous.
>

> The '< inputfile' is not from postmap, but from the Unix shell, and
> means 'read from file inputfile instead of the terminal'.
>
> Are you at all familiar with Unix? If not, configuring Postfix may be a
> bad idea..
>
The fact that an input file works with makemap does NOT necessarily mean
that it works with postmap. The documentation does not include the input
file on the command line.

Moreover, I disagree with your statement. Working with applications is a
very good way to expand one's knowledge of Unix. I'm a beginner yet we
have had a stable Postfix installation up and running for several months
with roaming users and SASL compiled in.

I almost hate to admit it but, previously, we were running LanSuite on
WinXP.

The fact that we were able to do this without an IT person says a great
deal about Postfix and Weitse's development effort. Anyone can program
great software but there's a real art to doing so and making it usable.

The only concerns or problems that I have EVER had stem from ambiguity
(for me) in the documentation. I find the docs to be very arcane and
confusing. That's neither an indictment nor a complaint. It simply means
that people need to ask questions until they are satisfied with the
answers which may frustrate some folks from time to time but that's not
the intent.

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