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>*^TO.*mutt-users@*
>mutt
>
>(just wonder if the dot makes a difference to where you put it).
You mean the dot after TO? That one definatelly does make a difference.
The dot means 'any character except a newline'. The asterix says 'any
sequence of zero or more of occurences the preceding character'. So, .*
means 'any sequence of zero or more occurences of any character except
newline'. Practically it'll match anything.
Putting the dot somewhere else gives the phrase a different meaning.
And for this last asterix, it now says '...-users with zero or more
occurences of at (@)'. Guess you wanted to have '.*mutt-users@.* there.
-Rejo.
Ps. English is not my irst language, so i'm not sure of the
'occurences', maybe i meant another word. :-)
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