[leafnode-list] Re: Why does this filter not work

Gary R. Schmidt grschmidt at acm.org
Mon Aug 7 12:48:12 CEST 2017


On 07/08/2017 20:28, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> I have a message that I want to filter where there is a line:
>      From: "Case Solution & Analysis" <casesolutionscentre at gmail.com>
> 
> I define a filter rule:
>      ^From: .*<casesolutionscentre at gmail.com>$
> 
> But when I run applyfilter the message is not filtered.
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
I think it's the '$' - do you really need the address to be the last 
thing on the line?

Some similar filters from mine:
^From:.*<aminer at toto\.net>
^From:.*waldo at pepper\.com

They work fine.  Also, is the leading <TAB> just for clarity or really 
in your filters file?

     Cheers,
         Gary    B-)


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