Thank you Tyran and Scott. I will change the \p to \.
I am using 7.02.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tyran Ormond
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:45 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Rules help
>
>
> On 09:02 AM 7/25/2001 -0400, it would appear that Ajay Tikoo wrote:
> >Hi everyone,
> >I am using the following rules to filter out the mails with
> certain type of
> >attachments:
> > B~n+ame=".*\pv+bs":Virus
> > H~n+ame=".*\pv+bs":Virus
> > B~n+ame=".*\ph+ta":Virus
> > H~n+ame=".*\ph+ta":Virus
> > B~n+ame=".*\pe+xe":Virus
> > H~n+ame=".*\pe+xe":Virus
> > B~n+ame=".*\pp+if":Virus
> > H~n+ame=".*\pp+if":Virus
> > B~n+ame=".*\ps+cr":Virus
> > H~n+ame=".*\ps+cr":Virus
> > B~n+ame=".*\pl+nk":Virus
> > H~n+ame=".*\pl+nk":Virus
> > B~n+ame=".*\pb+at":Virus
> > H~n+ame=".*\pb+at":Virus
> > B~n+ame=".*\pc+om":Virus
> > H~n+ame=".*\pc+om":Virus
> >
> >NOTE: The plus (+) signs in the above rules have been added so that this
> >message manages to reach to your mailbox.
> >
> >I was wondering why some of the mails that have no attachments also go to
> >the virus box!
> >Is there anything wrong with these rules? Kindly help.
>
> The problem is that the rules are not actually applied to the attachment
> but to the body of the message (nothing you can do about that).
> The other
> part of the problem is the \p as that means ANY punctuation. If you're
> using anything lower than 6.04 (I think that's the correct one)
> you have no
> option but to use \p. If you are running 6.04+ use \. (that's a period
> there next to the slash) and you'll cut down your false positives.
>
>
> Tyran Ormond
> Programmer/LAN Technician
> Central Valley Water
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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