Re: Rule to select sender starting with string

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Andrew wrote:
> Matt Kettler wrote:
>> Al Danks wrote:
>>
>>> Matt Kettler  evi-inc.com> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
 Try a rule something like this:

 L_FROM_STRING header From =~ /$string/



>>>
>>> It appears that the rule is also hitting senders with the string
>>> following a .
>>>
>>> I.e. From =~ /$com/ hits
>>> comalksdfl.net
>>>
>>> aksafjdla.com
>>>  
>>
>>
>> Interesting.. that shouldn't happen with the $ there.. I'll have to test
>> that, unless Theo or one of the other devs can offer an explanation as
>> to why..
>>
>>
>
> Are SA regexes different from other regexes? If not, use '^' to
> specify the beginning of a string and '$' its end. Try this pattern:
> /^com/
>
You're right Andrew.  I had a brain-cylinder misfire there..

Sorry Al, try it with ^ instead of $



Re: Rule to select sender starting with string

2006-04-27 Thread Andrew

Matt Kettler wrote:

Al Danks wrote:


Matt Kettler  evi-inc.com> writes:


 


Try a rule something like this:

L_FROM_STRING header From =~ /$string/


   


It appears that the rule is also hitting senders with the string following a .

I.e. From =~ /$com/ hits 


comalksdfl.net

aksafjdla.com
 



Interesting.. that shouldn't happen with the $ there.. I'll have to test
that, unless Theo or one of the other devs can offer an explanation as
to why..




Are SA regexes different from other regexes? If not, use '^' to specify 
the beginning of a string and '$' its end. Try this pattern:

/^com/

Andrew



Re: Rule to select sender starting with string

2006-04-26 Thread Matt Kettler
Al Danks wrote:
> Matt Kettler  evi-inc.com> writes:
>
>  
>   
>> Try a rule something like this:
>>
>> L_FROM_STRING header From =~ /$string/
>>
>>
>> 
>
> It appears that the rule is also hitting senders with the string following a .
>
> I.e. From =~ /$com/ hits 
>
> comalksdfl.net
>
> aksafjdla.com
>   

Interesting.. that shouldn't happen with the $ there.. I'll have to test
that, unless Theo or one of the other devs can offer an explanation as
to why..



Re: Rule to select sender starting with string

2006-04-26 Thread Al Danks
Matt Kettler  evi-inc.com> writes:

 
> Try a rule something like this:
> 
> L_FROM_STRING header From =~ /$string/
> 
> 

It appears that the rule is also hitting senders with the string following a .

I.e. From =~ /$com/ hits 

comalksdfl.net

aksafjdla.com

Al




Re: Rule to select sender starting with string

2006-04-26 Thread Matt Kettler
Al Danks wrote:
> We are getting a lot of spam where the sender domain name changes, but the
> sender always starts with a specific string.
> 
> We've only done a little bit of custom rule writing. How do we do a rule to 
> get
> the sender starting with a specific string?

Try a rule something like this:

L_FROM_STRING header From =~ /$string/





Re: Rule to select sender starting with string

2006-04-26 Thread Mike Jackson

We are getting a lot of spam where the sender domain name changes, but the
sender always starts with a specific string.

We've only done a little bit of custom rule writing. How do we do a rule 
to get

the sender starting with a specific string?


You could probably just do something like this:

blacklist_from [EMAIL PROTECTED]