They work as a 'any character found in this sequence'. So, [abc] would catch anything with 'a' or 'b' or 'c' in it.
Have a good one, Christian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Campbell Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 2:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Rule to filter re[34] spam I guess I'll burn my copy of the 8.01 manual since it does not list on page 88 '[' and ']' as special characters. I looked in the 8.1 pdf and found it listed on page 70. What do they do in a rule? adamc Tony Norman wrote: > Thanks Christian... > > It was the closing '\' that was the problem. > > Sometimes IPSwitch's documentation is just a little too brief. > > > Thanks again, > > TN > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christian Lawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:41 AM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Rule to filter re[34] spam > > > >>Try: >> >>S~re\[:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Have a good one, >>Christian >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Norman > >>Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 1:31 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [IMail Forum] Rule to filter re[34] spam >> >>Having some trouble setting up a rule to filter some spam coming in. >> >>Getting a lot of junk mail with the subject: >> >>re[34] or >>re[4] or >>re[56] >> >>I want to setup a rule so if any email comes in with re[ in the subject > > (no number or closing bracket) it will forward to a special > >>SPAM holder account. >> >>Since the '[' is a special character, you have to do some special setups. >> >>I have experimented around with the solution offered by IPswitch in using > > the '\' character, but it still isn't working. > >>I have tried \re[\ and re\[\ with no success. >> >>Any suggestions? >> >>Thanks, >>Tony >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> > > > > The information in this email is confidential and may be privileged. > It is intended solely for the addressee. If the reader of this message > is not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or > action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately by replying to the message or by telephoning (403) 255-5300 > and deleting it from your computer. > > L'information contenue dans ce courriel est confidentielle et peut �tre > privil�gi�e. Elle est r�serv�e exclusivement au destinataire. Si le lecteur > de ce message n'est pas le destinataire pr�vu, toute divulgation, copie, > distribution ou action prise ou abandonn�e sur la foi de celui-ci est > interdite. Si vous avez re�u cette communication par erreur, veuillez nous en > aviser > imm�diatement en r�pondant a l'exp�diteur ou en t�l�phonant au (403) 255-5300 > et effacer le message de votre ordinateur. > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
