On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Jason R. Mastaler wrote:

> See http://tmda.net/filter-sources.html#db_file
>
> You can't use wildcard entries in a DBM file.
>
> I'd suggest keeping a separate file for your wildcard entries. e.g,
>
>   from-file ~/.tmda/lists/wildcards accept
>
> and use -autodbm only for lists containing complete e-mail addresses.

Thanks.  May I suggest updating this section:

  http://tmda.net/filter-sources.html#email_file

to be absolutely clear about that?  My order of operations was 1) read the
section on e-mail address files, 2) copy the example usage from "sample
incoming filter".  While it's clear that I should have read the section on
auto database flags prior to using them, I suspect other users will make
the similar mistake of reading the sentence "Wildcarded email addresses
are supported in textfiles" and not making the distinction between
textfiles with auto-database features turned on and off.

Thanks for your helpful responses, and for the wonderful software.

Chris

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