Not all regexp-capable platforms adhere to the same standards and
rules for regexps.

\w is generally universal, but are you sure the \@ is a neccessary?  @
is not typically a metacharacter.  Perhaps EMC is being strict about
what is or is not a real metacharacter, instead of just ignoring it
like most others do.

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Campbell, Rob
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the subject of the original question, it seems setting transport
> rules for this isn't quite as the documentation suggests.
>
> If I use the "Except when the From address contains text patterns"
> predicate in the EMC, and enter a regex of
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (with or without the
> quotes), it give me a parsing error about "invalid metacharacters" when
> I try to add it to the predicate conditions.
>
> The same string appears to be a perfectly good regex in  Powershell.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:13 AM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Question about Exchange 2007 Transport Rules
>
> It seems that there are 3 classes of people in online tech.:
>
> 1] Those that prefer newsgroups
> 2] Those that prefer mailing lists
> 3] Those that prefer online forums
>
> I definitely fall into class (2), with a very occasional foray into
> class
> (1). I really don't care for online forums. Ed really likes newsgroups.
> :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> MCSE/Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
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