On Wed, 6 May 2026 10:20:51 +0200
Paul Menzel via Postfix-users <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Enrico,
> 
> 
> Am 06.05.26 um 10:13 schrieb Enrico Morelli via Postfix-users:
> 
> > I've a Debian 11 mail server with Postfix 3.5.25.  I've configured
> > Postfix to filter the headers with: header_checks = pcre:/etc/
> > postfix/header_checks.pcre
> > 
> > However, some emails with subjects listed in the file are still
> > delivered.
> >   
> > E.g.>  
> > /^Subject:.*Pulitore.WC.Più.Votato.2025.*/ REJECT
> > 
> > A positive test result:
> > 
> > postmap -q "Subject: Pulitore WC Più Votato 2025"
> > pcre:/etc/postfix/header_checks.pcre REJECT
> > 
> > Why Postfix don't reject the email? Where I've to investigate? After
> > writing a new entry in header_checks.pre, have I to reload Postfix?
> >  
> 
> Please look at and share the actual header entry Subject in the
> emails. Often they are encoded, and Postfix header checks don’t
> decode it. You need to use a milter for this usecase.
> 
> 

Dear Paul, thank for the answer.

The subject is the following:

Subject: Pulitore WC Più Votato 2025



> Kind regards,
> 
> Paul
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