Re: Regular expression problem?? (numbers, bogus IP's)

On Sun, 11 May 1997, Ralph Lindberg & Ellen Winnie wrote:

>   I'm using this expression:
> * ^Received.*\[[0-9\.]*([03-9][0-9][0-9]|2[6-9][0-9]|25[6-9])
               ^^
You match on a square brace.

>   Which missed a match on
> Received: from mailhost.colgetifbabe.com(alt1.colgetifbabe.com(281.3.22.75)
>                                                                ^^^
That's a paren. :)

>   I don't see why, what am I missing?