On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Keith C. Ivey wrote: > Mark Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Attached is a newer version of the plugin. Each line in badhelo is a > > regexp. If the regexp is enclosed in '/' chars then it is used as is, > > giving total freedom, otherwise an implied prefix of '^' and a post-fix of > > '.?$' are added before processing. It seems that most patterns will > > require that. > > I don't understand when you would want the '.?$' suffix. What > sort of strings are you talking about? It would seem more > straightforward just to require an exact match (except maybe > for case) if the line isn't enclosed in slashes.
My finger trouble. I meant '\.?$'. The argument is supposed to be a FQDN, so it may end with a dot char. Thus any pattern you match, must match the same with and without a dot at the end. Cheers. -- Mark Powell - UNIX System Administrator - The University of Salford Information Services Division, Clifford Whitworth Building, Salford University, Manchester, M5 4WT, UK. Tel: +44 161 295 4837 Fax: +44 161 295 5888 www.pgp.com for PGP key
