This is true. The asterisk in site.auth pages works slightly differently than the asterisk in the search group parameter for example. In site auth it means pages in that group and all sub groups, so the dot is actually meaningless. In the group parameter it just means any page name with that substring at the beginning, so: te* matches test and te.one and so on.
I realize this is a bit confusing. I'm not sure it is worth trying to fix them to work the same. They are just different algorithms for different purposes in different places. It might be a bit challenging actually to rework the auth function, and I wouldn't want to weaken the group parameter. So maybe it is best to leave it as a quirk we should live with. Cheers, Dan On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Markus <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > > I had this site.auth.mail: > > bla.*: @guest > > And _thought_ guest could mail from bla.whatever pages where I used an > email form in bla.footer. > > Now, I (finally) noticed that I can only send mails using that form > when logged in. I believe that I tested it being a guest when I > created site.auth.mail a longer time ago. But I did not take notes... > > Guest can only send mail when I remove the dot: > > bla*: @guest > > Now, I feel like going crazy. I use bla.* throughout my site. For > example in the search function. It matches bla.whatever everywhere but > seemingly not in site.auth.mail. > > Regards, > Markus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BoltWire" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire?hl=en.
