> Quick example, though: of 6936 patterns currently in my list, if you
> just run a cut on \\ (which catches either '.' or '-' as the
> next char,
> for the most part) you get (matches of 20 or more):
>
> count first left-hand pattern part
> -
> 1572 ^[0-9]+
>
> Just a quick note: it's not a BCP yet, but it's also considered
> /extremely/ friendly by mail admins and others, if you use a naming
> convention for your rDNS that is easily placed into access.db
> and other
> "right-anchored" string matching mechanisms. e.g., if you have a
> dynamically assi