[leafnode-list] Re: fetchnews doesn't fetch anything

[Robert Grimm]

Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz at arcor.de> wrote:
> It seems that especially this filter entry
> newsgroups = .*
> pattern = ^Subject:(?!.*bad weather)
> action = kill


> filters all messages out. Don't know why.

,----[ man pcre ]
|   foo(?!bar)
|
| matches any occurrence of "foo" that is not  followed  by  "bar".
`----

So none of the messages had a subject including bad weather.

Rob
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