Mark Sapiro wrote: > Martin Dennett wrote: > > >> I'm aware of the Mailman syntax for banning domains, but I'd like to ban >> members now whose email address *starts* with a given string! I've had a >> lot of requests lately from "debora" to join my list, always followed by >> something else before the "@" and at various domains. I tried following >> the format [EMAIL PROTECTED] by using "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" but get an error >> when I >> try to submit the changes. Where am I going wrong? >> > > > The '^' character in these expressions serves two purposes. As the > *initial* character, it tells Mailman that this is a regular > expression and not a literal address, and as part of the regular > expression, it matches the beginning of the string. Thus > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" will be interpreted as a literal email address which > is invalid, thus the error. What you need is "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" or > more simply, just "^debora.*", or even "^debora". See > <http://docs.python.org/lib/re-syntax.html>. Thanks as usual, Mark. Page bookmarked for future reference.
On a totally different tack, is there any list available for future "wants" for the software? I have a couple of things that I think may be useful, and would like to know if there's anyway I can make them known? Rgds MD ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
