davidsonm at 2002-09-09 16:29 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Can the wildcard cross the dots, or is it constained to "between the 
>dots"?

The answer to this is:  yes;  and, I see no reason why what you propose 
below, should not work.

>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.
>
>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
>
>Or, can I just use the following:
>
>equalamail.* = error

This should work just fine;  however, bear in mind if e.g. Stalker 
decided to use "equalamail.stalker.com", you would be rejecting email 
from them.

>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.

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