D.J. wrote: > On 8/24/06, Bart Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/24/06, D. J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm expecting these type of strings for sure: > > > > > > cat > > > dog > > > cat dog > > > dog cat > > > > > > But I may get something like this too: > > > > > > cat cat dog > > > dog dog > > > > > > Essentially I want it to match if anything other than cat or dog is > > > in the string. > > > > That constraint means you have to construct a regex that can be > > anchored at both beginning and end of string, e.g. > > /\A(\s*(cat|dog)\s*)+\Z/. I'm not sure that ever makes sense in the > > context of a spamassassin rule, except maybe one matching against a > > specific header. > > That's the idea... I've got the RELAY_COUNTRIES plugin that I want it > to place a small score if the relay server is not in the US or > Canada. However, I'm not sure if the plugin will list the same > country multiple times, which is where my uncertainty in the "cat cat > dog" scenario came in. So far my original rule ( !~ /cat|dog/) seems > to be working well, but if I have a spammer smart enough to manage to > bounce his spam originating in China off of somewhere in the US > before it hits my MX, then that rule will fail. Am I possibly too > paranoid?
Ok. Try this one: $value =~ /\b(?!cat\b|dog\b)\w+\b/i This will match any word in the string as long as that word is not "cat" or "dog". -- Bowie
