Cory Hawkless a écrit :
> Hi all,
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> Been doing some reading on RegEx and even coming from a programming
> background it is a bit intimidating, my problem is I haven’t been able
> to find a good source of information on exactly what\how SpamAssassin
> matches the RegEx rules when scanning and what variant of RegEx is being
> used?(I.E what syntax is and is not allowed?)
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spamassassin written in perl, so it uses perl syntax.
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> I’d like to be able to make my own simple rules but it’s proving quite
> difficult, Maybe a tool that I can use the build Regular Expressions
> would help?
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IMHO, the best tool is to learn perl syntax. you can for example look at
chapter 6 in the "Perl Cookbook".
here are a few links returned by google:
http://www.perlfect.com/articles/regextutor.shtml
http://www.anaesthetist.com/mnm/perl/Findex.htm#regex.htm
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/perl/regexp.html
http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/littperl/perlreg.htm
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> I’m sure there are PELNTY of other out ther that are rather bamboozled
> by this also and would benefit greatly from any assistance.
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> Thanks in advance
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> Cory
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