I guess what I need to know is there a way to END when match loads
the variable (everything between the "[" and "]" ).
you can use ' tr -d "]" 'command to delete "]". It won't bother
any names which don't have a "]" in it.
This is not necessary if you make the regexp more stringent, so that
it does not match the characters you wish to avoid.
There is a performance hit in execing a "tr" command (or any command),
just to avoid a character in a string.
The condition:
* ^Subject: *BOUNCE.*\[\/[^]]+
which set MATCH to everything between the pair of '[' and ']'.
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