Hmmm... .somehow it doesn't work that way.... but it seems like it should
work.
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From: Philip Guenther[SMTP:guenther(_at_)gac(_dot_)edu]
Sent: Friday, August 21, 1998 2:20 PM
To: Robertson, Hedley J. SPC
Cc: procmail(_at_)informatik(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de
Subject: Re: My brain hurts
"Robertson, Hedley J. SPC"
<robertsh(_at_)emh(_dot_)gordon(_dot_)army(_dot_)mil> writes:
I have the following recipie:
:0 c
* ^From.*\.(mil|dod|gov)
* BH ?? ^[ ]*subscribe signet.*(\.(mil|dod|gov))
| ./approve
I don't want it to match on things like this:
subscribe signet person(_at_)mindspring(_dot_)com
subscribe signet "Hedley Robertson" <robertsh11(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com>
What you have doesn't.
But I do want it to match on thngs like this
subscribe signet "Hedley Robertson"
robertsh(_at_)emh(_dot_)gordon(_dot_)army(_dot_)mil
subscribe signet "Hedley Robertson"
<robertsh(_at_)emh(_dot_)gordon(_dot_)army(_dot_)mil>
Basically I want to filter out anything that doesn't end in a .mil, .dod,
or
.gov.
One problem I have with my recipie is that it will match
someperson(_at_)system(_dot_)government(_dot_)mil(_dot_)au since it matches
a .mil.
Also, how to I check in procmail for the possible trailing > in the
e-mail
address?
Just put a condition on what comes after the (mil|dod|gov) in the regexps:
:0 c
* ^From.*\.(mil|dod|gov)($|[^-a-z0-9_.])
* BH ?? ^[ ]*subscribe signet.*\.(mil|dod|gov)($|[^-a-z0-9_.])
| ./approve
That'll match only when the mil, dod, or gov is either at the end of
the line, or followed by something besides a letter, number, minus
sign, underbar or period.
Philip Guenther