RE: [SAtalk] RegEx Question

2003-11-05 Thread Mike Kuentz (2)
Very helpful tool for regex http://weitz.de/regex-coach/ Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Menschel Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 12:00 AM To: Christopher Eykamp Cc: Spamassassin Talk Subject: Re: [SAtalk] RegEx Question

Re: [SAtalk] RegEx Question

2003-11-04 Thread Keith C. Ivey
Robert Menschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CE> How can I match the following: "s\.ex" and "se\.x" and > "s\.e\.x" but CE> not "sex" without including all the possible > permutations? Is there CE> an elegant solution? > > Would /\bs\.?e\.?x\b/ work? No, because that matches "sex". But this w

Re: [SAtalk] RegEx Question

2003-11-04 Thread Chris Thielen
My obfuscation script can do the dirty work for ya... http://sandgnat.com/cmos/ . Click the link to the live rule generator and try: BODY /\bsex\b/ Make sure to check "match obfu only". (the trick is the negative look-ahead) HTH, Chris P.S. lotsa Chris's around here,eh? Theo Van Dinter said: > O

Re: [SAtalk] RegEx Question

2003-11-04 Thread Robert Menschel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Christopher, Tuesday, November 4, 2003, 5:34:53 PM, you wrote: CE> I am pretty good at regex, but am stumped by this seemingly easy problem: CE> How can I match the following: "s\.ex" and "se\.x" and "s\.e\.x" but CE> not "sex" without includi

Re: [SAtalk] RegEx Question

2003-11-04 Thread Chris Thielen
er, I mean you should try... BODY SEX /\bsex\b/ ...if you want it to do stuff (gotta name the rule) Chris Chris Thielen said: > My obfuscation script can do the dirty work for ya... > http://sandgnat.com/cmos/ . > Click the link to the live rule generator and try: > BODY /\bsex\b/ > Make sure to

Re: [SAtalk] RegEx Question

2003-11-04 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 05:34:53PM -0800, Christopher Eykamp wrote: > How can I match the following: "s\.ex" and "se\.x" and "s\.e\.x" but not > "sex" without including all the possible permutations? Is there an elegant > solution? Well, I have two thoughts on this. 1) you're trying to do some

[SAtalk] RegEx Question

2003-11-04 Thread Christopher Eykamp
I am pretty good at regex, but am stumped by this seemingly easy problem: How can I match the following: "s\.ex" and "se\.x" and "s\.e\.x" but not "sex" without including all the possible permutations? Is there an elegant solution? Thanks, Chris