## Context
`infra/stacks/mailserver/modules/mailserver/variables.tf` carried a
130-line historical scaffolding variable
`postfix_cf_reference_DO_NOT_USE` containing a reference copy of an
older Postfix main.cf layout. The variable name itself signalled
dead-code intent ("DO_NOT_USE"), and a repo-wide
`grep -rn postfix_cf_reference infra/` confirmed zero consumers — no
module, no stack, no script, no doc ever referenced it. Carrying dead
Terraform variables costs nothing at runtime but wastes reviewer
attention on every `git blame` and drives up `variables.tf` read time.
Note on history: the prior commit 09c11056 landed with an identical
title ("Delete postfix_cf_reference_DO_NOT_USE dead code") but
actually committed `docs/runbooks/mailserver-proxy-protocol.md` —
fallout from a race between two concurrent mailserver sessions that
staged files in parallel. That commit accidentally closed this beads
task via the `Closes:` trailer without performing the deletion. This
commit does the actual deletion that was originally intended for
code-o3q. The runbook from 09c11056 is legitimate work for code-rtb
and is left in place.
## This change
Drops the entire `variable "postfix_cf_reference_DO_NOT_USE" { ... }`
block (136 lines incl. trailing blank). No other variable touched, no
resource touched, no comment elsewhere touched. `variables.tf` now
contains only the live `postfix_cf` variable that is actually consumed
by the module.
## What is NOT in this change
- No Terraform state modification — variable was never read, so state
has no record of it.
- No Postfix runtime behaviour change — `postfix_cf` (the live one) is
untouched.
- No fix for the pre-existing `kubernetes_deployment.mailserver` /
`kubernetes_service.mailserver` drift that `terragrunt plan` surfaces
independently. Those 2 in-place updates are known and tracked
separately.
- No apply needed — pure source hygiene.
## Test Plan
### Automated
Reference check before edit:
```
$ grep -rn postfix_cf_reference /home/wizard/code/infra/
infra/stacks/mailserver/modules/mailserver/variables.tf:41:variable "postfix_cf_reference_DO_NOT_USE" {
```
(single match — the declaration itself)
Reference check after edit:
```
$ grep -rn postfix_cf_reference /home/wizard/code/infra/
(no matches)
```
`terragrunt validate` (from `infra/stacks/mailserver/`):
```
Success! The configuration is valid, but there were some
validation warnings as shown above.
```
(warnings are pre-existing `kubernetes_namespace` -> `_v1` deprecation
notices, unrelated)
`terragrunt plan` (from `infra/stacks/mailserver/`):
```
# module.mailserver.kubernetes_deployment.mailserver will be updated in-place
# module.mailserver.kubernetes_service.mailserver will be updated in-place
Plan: 0 to add, 2 to change, 0 to destroy.
```
Both in-place updates are the known pre-existing drift. No change is
attributable to this commit — the dead variable was never referenced.
### Manual Verification
1. `cd infra/stacks/mailserver/modules/mailserver/`
2. `grep -c postfix_cf_reference variables.tf` -> expected `0`
3. `wc -l variables.tf` -> expected `39` (was `175`; 136 lines removed)
4. `cd ../..` -> `terragrunt validate` -> expected `Success!`
5. `terragrunt plan` -> expected `Plan: 0 to add, 2 to change, 0 to
destroy.` (pre-existing drift only).
Closes: code-o3q
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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