Thanks for the reply Thomas. I appreciate the - clarification. Might you consider changing senderbase functionality such that it looks for an exact match? I worry about allowing anything from Hosting Service (just an example) but consider it a network name that we know only sends good, erroneously matching Bob's Bad Hosting Service too in senderbase...
FYI - I was wondering why so many of my questions have gone unanswered recently. Totally not typical for you - I should have known better. Turns out the gmail servers were filtering your message to spam! Irony in its truest form.... On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Thomas Eckardt <thomas.ecka...@thockar.com>wrote: > 1) \bacer-euro\.com is listed. Doesn't the - need to be escaped? (if > not, > why not?) > > No need to escape the - here. It is required in a character class like > [fth\-kl] - but not if the - is the last character in a character class > like [a-z0-9-] see > http://perldoc.perl.org/perlretut.html#Using-character-classes > It does not matter to escape the - everywhere in a regex. like > \bacer\-euro\.com > > > >2) Should we use ^ to indicate beginning of line and $ to indicate end so > that something like: > Would ^Hosting Service$ work? > > No - assp processes all regexes against the complete target string > (header, body, mail), there is no line processing! > > btw: \bHosting Service > matches both: "Bob's Hosting Service" and "Hosting Service Inc." > > Thomas > > > > > > > > Von: K Post <nntp.p...@gmail.com> > An: ASSP development mailing list <assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net>, > Datum: 25.01.2014 18:16 > Betreff: [Assp-test] Senderbase White Org regex > > > > I just downloaded 2.3.3 and am reviewing the whiteorg.txt sample file for > SenderBase. > > I understand that that \b is necessary to indicate the word boundary. I > get that the . needs to be escaped with \ so they don't match any > character. > > Questions: > 1) \bacer-euro\.com is listed. Doesn't the - need to be escaped? (if > not, > why not?) > 2) Should we use ^ to indicate beginning of line and $ to indicate end so > that something like: > \bHosting Service (to match any host in the "Hosting Service" network > doesn't match "Bob's Hosting Service" or "Hosting Service Inc." > Would ^Hosting Service$ work? > > Thanks all! > ken > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > _______________________________________________ > Assp-test mailing list > Assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-test > > > > > DISCLAIMER: > ******************************************************* > This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential, legally > privileged and protected in law and are intended solely for the use of the > > individual to whom it is addressed. > This email was multiple times scanned for viruses. There should be no > known virus in this email! > ******************************************************* > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Assp-test mailing list > Assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-test > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key security issues and trends. Skip the complicated setup - simply import a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed in seconds. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Assp-test mailing list Assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-test
