on limiting and pattern modifiers

2017-03-10 Thread steve
Hi, When using '~f EXPR', I noticed that EXPR is matched only in the not in the name in front on it, as I would expect it. For example, ~f john will match From: John Doe but ~f John won't. Is there a way that either 'john or John' match this From line? Thanks, Steve ps: I'm using

Re: on limiting and pattern modifiers

2017-03-10 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* steve [01-01-70 12:34]: > Hi, > > When using '~f EXPR', I noticed that EXPR is matched only in the > not in the name in front on it, as I would expect it. > For example, > > ~f john > > will match > > From: John Doe > > but > > ~f John > > won't. > > Is there a way that either 'john or

Re: on limiting and pattern modifiers

2017-03-10 Thread Jeremy Volkening
For example, ~f john will match From: John Doe but ~f John won't. Is there a way that either 'john or John' match this From line? fwiw: may be a shortcoming unique to your distro or version. it works on my openSUSE Tumbleweed, mutt-1.6.0. Also works for me on Debian Jessie / mutt 1.6.

Re: on limiting and pattern modifiers

2017-03-10 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 10Mar2017 08:13, Jeremy Volkening wrote: For example, ~f john will match From: John Doe but ~f John won't. Is there a way that either 'john or John' match this From line? fwiw: may be a shortcoming unique to your distro or version. it works on my openSUSE Tumbleweed, mutt-1.6.0. Also w

Re: on limiting and pattern modifiers

2017-03-12 Thread steve
Thanks for the answers. As a matter of fact I tried in another mail directory (the mutt one) and it works. Specifically I tried with Tim Ye, which has the same kind of "First Name" as what causes me a problem, and here no problem. So it's a kind of a mystery right now for me. For privacy r

Re: on limiting and pattern modifiers

2017-03-12 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 12Mar2017 12:24, steve wrote: Thanks for the answers. As a matter of fact I tried in another mail directory (the mutt one) and it works. Specifically I tried with Tim Ye, which has the same kind of "First Name" as what causes me a problem, and here no problem. Ok, so the basics appear to

Re: on limiting and pattern modifiers

2017-03-14 Thread steve
Hi there, I don't know what happened between last week and today, but now it works… Maybe an update or something. Anyway, thanks for the consideration and help. Best, Steve

Re: on limiting and pattern modifiers

2017-03-14 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 14Mar2017 08:52, steve wrote: I don't know what happened between last week and today, but now it works… Maybe an update or something. Anyway, thanks for the consideration and help. No worries. Cheers, Cameron Simpson