Aliases not functioning. Postmap shows problems.

[illumynite]

Our aliases have ceased to function about 3 or 4 days ago. We do a "postmap /etc/postfix/configs/aliases, and we get this (I have truncated, this continues on until line 342:

postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/configs/aliases, line 1: expected format: key whitespace value
postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/configs/aliases, line 2: expected format: key whitespace value
postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/configs/aliases, line 25: expected format: key whitespace value
postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/configs/aliases, line 26: expected format: key whitespace value
postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/configs/aliases, line 27: expected format: key whitespace value
postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/configs/aliases, line 30: expected format: key whitespace value
postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/configs/aliases, line 36: expected format: key whitespace value

Here are the first 36 lines of our aliases file:

mailer-daemon:root
postmaster:root
abuse:support,robertg

# General redirections for pseudo accounts
#bin:           root
#daemon:        root
#uucp:          root
#www:           root
#ftp-bugs:      root
#postfix:       root

# Well-known aliases
#manager:       root
#dumper:        root
#operator:      root

# trap decode to catch security attacks
#decode:        root

# System names

#root-molokai: /dev/null
# All SVI Staff Members

everyone:patrickm@xxxxxx.xxx,rbrent@xxxxxx.xxx,ebrent@xxxxxx.xxx,jimmyboy@xxxxxx.xxx,thomas@xxxxxx.xxx,kathleen@xxxxxx.xxx,tsebj@xxxxxx.xxx,r.robbins@xxxxxx.xxx,robertg@xxxxxx.xxx
techs:jimmyboy@xxxxxx.xxx,thomas@xxxxxx.xxx,tsebj@xxxxxx.xxx,robertg@xxxxxx.xxx,kathleen@xxxxxx.xxx
r.robbins:r.robbins@xxxxxx.xxx,ebrent@xxxxxx.xxx,robertg@xxxxxx.xxx

# Ex SVI Staff Members
adamp:robertg@xxxxxx.xxx


# Ex SVI Staff Members
adamp:robertg@xxxxxx.xxx

#
# Local redirects

WHAT could possibly be causing this to occur? I am at a complete loss.

Thanks,
Robert

 

[unixfreak]

You're missing the whitespace as it says??

mailer-daemon:root

should be

mailer-daemon: root