At 1:29 PM -0700 9/9/02, davidsonm imposed structure on a stream of electrons, yielding: >Can the wildcard cross the dots, or is it constained to "between the >dots"? > >I.e., can the wildcard stand for all of "sld.tld" (cross the dots) or >must it only stand for sld or tld (between the dots). I cannot determine >the answer from the SIMS Guide.
The * is a true wildcard, and can swallow up dots and even the @ in an address. >For clarification, here is a concrete example: > >Must I use the following to stop spam from EqualaMail, which uses at >least 3 different top-level domains (tld) so far, as well as many >different secondary-level domains (sld): > >equalamail.*.net = error >equalamail.*.com = error >equalamail.*.us = error Are you really sure that those are the same entity? > >Or, can I just use the following: > >equalamail.* = error Yes, but the risk is that is someone else could a hostname of equalamail. >Since EqualaMail uses different top and secondary level domains, I would >like to use the following to filter both the tld and the sld , but only >one wildcard is allowed, so I can't: > >equalamail.*.* = error. Are you really sure that this is one entity?? If so, there is some restriction on what higher-level domains they are using, unless they are totally bogus. -- Bill Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
