On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Liviu Daia wrote:
* ^TO(.*\<)@([^ .@<>()]+\.)*falcon\.org
why bother with that complex sysntax when *(_at_)*falcon(_dot_)org works
just
fine?
[...]
Because it doesn't do what you expect it to. "^TO" is first
expanded to
(^((Original-)?(Resent-)?(To|Cc|Bcc)|(X-Envelope|Apparently\
(-Resent)?)-To):(.*[^a-zA-Z])?)
then the first "*" in "^TO*(_at_)*falcon(_dot_)org" is applied to the
expression
above, which means matching _that_ 0 or more times, then the second "*"
is applied to "@", which means matching "@" 0 or more times. I suppose
this is not what you want.
it is, and it isnt. its not what i want in my regex, but it -is- what i
wanted to hear for an answer. Thanks!