On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 05:16:59PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > That really didn't answer my question. I guess I need to be more specific: > > Is the CIDR file a plain text flat file? Do I need to run any commands > against it to do the binary conversions or is that something Postfix > does automatically on the fly? > > I'm a bit confused because I'm "coming from" using a hashed db file. The > documentation doesn't state what the actual file type of a CIDR file is, > it just says it's not in dbm or db format: > > The Postfix mail system uses optional lookup tables. > These tables are usually in dbm or db format. Alterna- > tively, lookup tables can be specified in CIDR (Classless > Inter-Domain Routing) form. > > > I.e., can I just edit my access file, converting the dotted doubles, > triples, and quads to CIDR slash notation, and use it as my CIDR file?
There is no mention of "based on hashing" or "Database files are created with xxx command" in table type list. So it's used plain text as is.
