On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 10:30:33AM +0200, Francesco Ariis wrote: > Hello Chris, > > Il 25 settembre 2024 alle 08:50 Chris Green ha scritto: > > I want to match the following string in a To: address for a send-hook:- > > > > +447537170394 <[email protected]> > > > > The + and < and > have special meanings (I think) in an RE, is there a > > simple way to tell send-hook that this is just a string with no > > special meanings at all or am I going to have to escape all the > > specials? If I do need to escape them all what do I actually need to > > put? Is it just:- > > > > '\+447537170394 \<sms\@aa\.net\.uk\>' > > > > ... just tried the above, it doesn't match. So there must be more to > > it. > > I am sure there is a proper solution, but meanwhile wouldn’t it be > good enough to just match 447537170394? > Maybe in your case it uniquely identifies your recipient
Yes, I guess you're right but there's then always the (very tiny) possibility that I'd get an unintended match. -- Chris Green
