Re: This correct?

Bill McClatchie <wmcclatc(_at_)primenet(_dot_)com> writes:
> I have a scoring filter that looks for "crap" in the body of a message.  I
> want to add two things to this filter.  First, lines that begin with /.
>
> Second, and instance of //+
>
> Will the following do the trick since the / is a special symbol?
By itself, / is not special to the regexp engine.  Indeed, \/ _is_ a
special token.  Therefore, the regexp should be writen as:

        ^/|//
or
        (^|/)/


Philip Guenther