Re: [SAtalk] Unclear on the concept

[David T-G]

Theo, et al --

...and then Theo Van Dinter said...
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% On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 08:20:27AM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
% > Is it time to update the ONE_TIME_MAILING rule?
% >
% > This is a one time email.  You will never receive email from us again.
% 
% How about:
% 
% -body ONE_TIME_MAILING                
/this\b.{0,20}\b(?:one|1).time\b.{0,20}\b(?:mail|offer)/i
% +body ONE_TIME_MAILING                
/this\b.{0,20}\b(?:one|1).time\b.{0,20}\b(?:(?:e-?)?mail|offer)/i

1) I'm no regexp guru, so I'm sure that the former is necessary for some
reason even in light of the latter, but why not one that covers both with
something like

  ...(e-|)mail...

instead of two rules?


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% 
% That would catch the "email" and "e-mail" variants.

That's the idea.


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2) "itty bitty"

3) Genie, not Aladdin (unless you're specifically referring to Aladdin
quoting him)

*grin*


TIA & HAND

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