I'll be back...

In article ,
"Morgans" wrote:

"Steve Hix" wrote

I set up a filter on capital Many charactercapital I, etc. It'll let
the MiGs fly through. :}

I don't know how you do the "any character" in filters? I'm using Outlook
Express.

Does OE support regular expressions?

In this case, MT-NewsWatcher defines "." as "any single character", and
".*" means "one or more characters", and "^" means beginning of the line
of text, in this case the subject line, for example:

Kill if subject matches the regular expression "^M.I.5"

If I were to use ".*" instead of ".", come to think of it, the filter
would also kill anything with MiG-15 or MiG 15 at the beginning of the
subject line. It works now as is, so I'll worry about the loon if he
gets more fanciful later on.

"SH" == Steve Hix writes:
SH In this case, MT-NewsWatcher defines "." as "any single
SH character", and ".*" means "one or more characters"

If that's true, it's not canonical regular expressions. "*"
(asterisk) should mean "0 to many of the preceding character". "+"
means "1 to many of the preceding character".
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church's opposition to every advance in every field of science.
~ Upton Sinclair

Man my computer must be broke, I didn't get any of his post! How do I get
them? ;-)
John



On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:45:39 -0800, wrote:

...when there's some control over the clowns who insist on fussing
about MI.5.

In article ,
Bob Fry wrote:

"SH" == Steve Hix writes:
SH In this case, MT-NewsWatcher defines "." as "any single
SH character", and ".*" means "one or more characters"

If that's true, it's not canonical regular expressions. "*"
(asterisk) should mean "0 to many of the preceding character".

It does, in spite of me.

"+" means "1 to many of the preceding character".

Rather than depend on my rapidly-aging memory...

Description Symbol Meaning
asterisk * match zero or more times
plus sign + match one or more times
question mark ? match zero or one time
backslash \ escape the following character
period . match any one character
caret ^ negate a match in [], or start of line
square brackets character class
parentheses grouping
dollar sign $ end of line
ampersand & and
or sign | or


Which explains my reluctance to do this sort of thing without the
reference close to hand.

Ron Wanttaja wrote (on 12/31/07):
BTW, on the subject of filtering, I'll be posting a summary of recent Zoom
events in the next couple of weeks or so. Add "ZZZ" to your subject line
filter, if you aren't interested.

How long are you going to keep us in suspense, Ron???

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:26:00 -0600, Rich Ahrens wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote (on 12/31/07):
BTW, on the subject of filtering, I'll be posting a summary of recent Zoom
events in the next couple of weeks or so. Add "ZZZ" to your subject line
filter, if you aren't interested.

How long are you going to keep us in suspense, Ron???

Been waiting for one last packet of papers to arrive from the court. It's not
critical, just for a little more background information.

Here's a hint: All three of Zoom's known Florida lawsuits have been dismissed,
including his suit against Sun-N-Fun. HOW it happened is the fun part.

Ron Wanttaja

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:26:00 -0600, Rich Ahrens wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote (on 12/31/07):
BTW, on the subject of filtering, I'll be posting a summary of recent Zoom
events in the next couple of weeks or so. Add "ZZZ" to your subject line
filter, if you aren't interested.
How long are you going to keep us in suspense, Ron???

Been waiting for one last packet of papers to arrive from the court. It's not
critical, just for a little more background information.

Here's a hint: All three of Zoom's known Florida lawsuits have been dismissed,
including his suit against Sun-N-Fun. HOW it happened is the fun part.

Oooooo...I can't wait!

C'mon, Ron... don't let us wait too long..

I was just reading some old Campbell emails and posts. It's amazing how
many people he's conned..

It's about time he was "outed" for the fraud he is...

John

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:26:00 -0600, Rich Ahrens wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote (on 12/31/07):
BTW, on the subject of filtering, I'll be posting a summary of recent Zoom
events in the next couple of weeks or so. Add "ZZZ" to your subject line
filter, if you aren't interested.
How long are you going to keep us in suspense, Ron???

Been waiting for one last packet of papers to arrive from the court. It's not
critical, just for a little more background information.

Here's a hint: All three of Zoom's known Florida lawsuits have been dismissed,
including his suit against Sun-N-Fun. HOW it happened is the fun part.

Ron Wanttaja

On 2007-12-31 13:45:39 -0800, " said:

...when there's some control over the clowns who insist on fussing
about MI.5.

Such as yourself, you mean?
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