Hi Chris,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Santerre
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 3:26 PM
> To: 'Larry Gilson'; 'Spamassassin-Talk (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: [SAtalk] Popcorn, Backhair, and Weeds
>
>
> LOL, I asked her the VERY same question when I first looked
> at them!!! But I didn't realise that {#}? meant "exactly that
> many". So 2 things:
> 1) You won't get a 0 word - tag - 0 word situation
I could be wrong, but I don't believe this is true. As an example, an exact
count would be matched if I omit the comma. /\w{5}/ will match exactly five
word characters. Now if I modify that as
/\w{5}?/, I believe that means zero or one occurance of five word characters
just as /\w{5}+/ should mean one or more five word characters. I don't
really know if this works or not but I believe this is correct.
> 2) Great minds think alike! ;)
>
> The upper limits are arguably not needed. But I think it is
> good to have them bound for now.
Yes, I think you are right. The more boundless it gets, the more I can get
into trouble.
> I actually asked myself why she broke them up. Doh!!! I had
> written this as a tip in my own page!!! These borken up rules
> will hit multiple times in a single spam message. That is
> perfect for rules like this. One hit might not make it a true
> spam. But get 3 and your on to something. 5+ and you got a
> real party! :)
That makes sense. However, it is less flexible and leaves some holes. I do
see your point and am not arguing it's validity.
> I'm answering for her, because she already left for the
> weekend. I also totally agree that these rules are great! She
> had tried to combine popcorn and backhair, but I urged
> against it. I mean, who wants someone's backhair in their popcorn?
> :p
You are too funny. Thanks for responding Chris.
--Larry
(Oops, did I just bottom post? ;) )
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