Postfix supports CIDR tables but it is not required to run postmap command on /etc/postfix/network_table file. CIDR format is just a text format. It is not required to transform it to another format. To enable a CIDR table, create a file with the network enties which should be allowed or denied access to the mail server
cat /etc/postfix/network_table
Rule order matters. Put more specific whitelist entries
127.0.0.0/8 OK
10.0.0.0/24 OK
192.168.0.0/24 OK
172.16.0.0/24 REJECT
Add following lines in /etc/postfix/main.cf
mynetworks = cidr:/etc/postfix/network_table
smtpd_client_restrictions = cidr:/etc/postfix/network_tabl
Restart postfix service
service postfix restart
For more information on cidr_table consult the man page man cidr_table.