On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Alexander Langer wrote:
Thus spake Jeff (schaller(_at_)southwind(_dot_)net):
* TO*(_at_)dom(_dot_)com
* To:(_dot_)*(_at_)dom(_dot_)com
The second matches "to:", then "any (including zero) number of
characters", then "@dom.com" (slop the period).
I thought the second matches at least one character.
.* matches zero or more characters, .+ matches one or more characters...
-jeff
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