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Re: [jf] Safe Syntax for Headers

Martin McCormick wrote:
> I have noticed that probably 99% or more of the messages in
> which my first or last name is the first word of the subject are spam.
> Is it safe to use the anchored RE-style method of describing this
> condition in my headers-use file like:
>
> Subject:.*^martin
>
> What I don't want to happen is to have messages with my name
> in the subject shown as spam when my first or last name is part of the
> subject such as "Trouble Ticket for Martin McCormick."
>
> I did try a line like
> Subject:.*martin

^ is the begining of the line... Since the header tag is at the begining,
"Subject:.*^martin" will never match. Try "Subject: martin"

John



Tue Apr 6, 2004 1:07 am

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I have noticed that probably 99% or more of the messages in which my first or last name is the first word of the subject are spam. Is it safe to use the...
Martin McCormick
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Apr 5, 2004
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... ^ is the begining of the line... Since the header tag is at the begining, "Subject:.*^martin" will never match. Try "Subject: martin" John...
Johann Schubert
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... That makes perfect sense. I was forgetting that the header is still part of a line and that the RE doesn't care one bit whether that word is Subject: or...
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