That line should work better: --- postfix.orig 2004-06-02 08:03:05.000000000 +0200 +++ postfix 2004-06-02 12:00:05.000000000 +0200 @@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ ^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ postfix/smtpd\[[0-9]+\]: [[:alnum:]]+: client=[^[:space:]]+, sasl_sender=.*$ ^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ postfix/smtpd\[[0-9]+\]: warning: numeric result [.0-9]+ in address->name lookup for [^[:space:]]+$ ^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ postfix/smtpd\[[0-9]+\]: warning: Illegal address syntax from [^[:space:]]+ in (MAIL|RCPT) command: <.*>$ +^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ postfix/n?qmgr\[[0-9]+\]: [[:alnum:]]+: removed$ -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Im Auftrag des Referat V a) Ralf.Hildebrandt at charite.de Charite - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Gemeinsame Einrichtung von FU- und HU-Berlin Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-916 IT-Zentrum Standort Campus Mitte AIM. ralfpostfix