[ILUG] procmail receipe

[Paul Jakma]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Darragh Bailey wrote:

> Having problems getting a procmail receipe right
>
> :0 wc
> * ^X-Spam-Level: (\*){1,4}$
> spam/ham-check

Does procmail support ranges in bounds?

> assumption that for the likes of ( ,) ,{ & } to be recognised as 
> meta characters by procmail that you didn't escape them unless you 
> wanted the literal versions, which is why I assumed that the 
> version that I've given first is the correct method.

Right. Above should be good, unless procmail doesnt support range 
bounds, which it mightnt (that might be a gnu egrep extension ;) - 
original egrep mightnt support POSIX bounds - not many things do 
actually.).

> Is the problem the {1,4} part? if so is there another way to get the same
> result or do I need to write it out the long way such as
> \*|\*\*|\*\*\*|\*\*\*\* in order to have the receipe work as desired?

one answer, or even (\*(\*(\*(\*)?)?)?), maybe.

regards,
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