The preceeding @ ensures that the match is an email with the example domain. The preceeding . ensures that the match is the domain used in a host link like www.example.com and so forth. Without these preceeding characters the following might also match incorrectly...
legitimatexample.com Using the preceeding characters prevents this. HTH _M | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of | Sharyn Schmidt | Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:24 AM | To: Declude Junkmail List | Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Toms Kill List | | | Morning everyone, | | Because all is going so well, I decided I'd screw with things | a bit more | :) | | I have just downloaded Tom's Image FX kill list and I'm | looking through it. | | What I don't understand is, what is the difference between these 2 | entries: | | @example.com and .example.com | | (obviously the difference is the "@" and the ".", but what | exactly does this mean?) | | Thanks in advance, | Sharyn | | PS: Scott, love the addition of the whitelist line in the logs! | | | We are the worldwide producer and marketer of the award | winning Cruzan Single Barrel Rum, judged "Best in the World" | at the annual San Francisco Wine and Spirits Championships, | and the artisan tequilas of Porfidio 100% Agave Tequilas, | judged "Best Tequila" four years running by the Wine | Enthusiast magazine. For more information, please click (go | to) <html><a href="http://www.cruzanrums.com";>http://</a><a | href="http://www.cruzanrums";>www.cruzanrums.com</a></html> | --- | [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
