Greetings, I want to create a wildcarding pattern that will allow me to block items which contain an IP address. Now, I understand that the [ ] symbols are used for range matching, but do I need to specify one range to match each character I want to catch, or is there a better way?
For example, assume I want to catch 116.68-136-217.adsl.skynet.be (yes, I know that filtering on *.*.adsl.skynet.be would catch it - but it wouldn't catch 12-225-197-33.client.attbi.com - I want to catch anything that starts with a "recognizable" IP address). To accomplish this, do I need to write 81 patterns (648 when you consider the separator issue), or is there a faster, easier way? I'm thinking it's going to be: [0-9].[0-9].[0-9].[0-9].* [0-9].[0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9].* [0-9].[0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9][0-9].* [0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9].* [0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].* [0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9][0-9].* [0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9].* [0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].* [0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9][0-9].* etc., etc. But I want to be sure before I go to all the hassles... Anyone? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
