Hmmmm ... I missed the gist of the thread here, but I work at a University where all the students ideas are numeric, with a trailing alpha character (######[a-z]@<domain>) ...
its the way its always been here, from long before I arrived ... but if I'm getting an idea just from the subject, such a 'block' would be a very bad thing ;( On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Duncan Findlay wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:53:08AM -0700, Charlie Watts wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Charlie Watts wrote: > > > > > Some interesting discussion here. Apparently many freemail providers > > > require the first character of your username to begin with a letter, not a > > > number. > > <snip> > > > header FROM_INVALID_FREEMAIL_USER From =~ >/^\d.*([hg]otmail|yahoo|netscape|msn|aol|algelfire|usa|(opera|eudora|dreame|tan|turbo|cara)mail)\.(com|net)/ > > > describe FROM_INVALID_FREEMAIL_USER From invalid freemail address > > > > > > I don't know how accurate that list is, or even if it is true. :-) > > > > I just verified that hotmail, yahoo, and netscape, at least, all DO > > require the first character to not only not be a number, but actually to > > be a letter. > > > > Perhaps this is better: > > > > header FROM_INVALID_FREEMAIL_USER From =~ >/^[^a-z].*(yahoo|netscape|msn|aol|angelfire|usa|([hg]otmail|opera|eudora|dreame|tan|turbo|cara)mail)\.(com|net)/ > > ([hg]otmail|opera|eudora|dreame|tan|turbo|cara)mail > > What's hotmailmail.com? > > > -- > Duncan Findlay > > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
