On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 09:39 -0400, Charles Gregory wrote:
> I would PROPOSE (to those with a nice testing rig) that the rule be
> modified so that there has to be at least one non-numeric character after
> the initial first 6 digits.... ie. /^\d{6,}\S*[^\d\s]\S*@/
>
I'm wondering why exactly six leading numbers have been specified. It
seems too rigidly specified to me. Anyway, here's my modified rule:
header FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS From =~ /\d{6,}[a-z._-][a-z0-9._-]{0,50}@/i
I've tested it against these addresses and got the results shown:
Hit: Numbers first <123456a...@example.com>
Hit: Numbers first <123456asdf_at-...@example.com>
Miss: Numbers first <123...@example.com>
Miss: Numbers first <12a...@example.com>
Miss: 0279445...@example.com
As I don't get either spam or ham from this type of address, I'd be
pleased if anybody who does can put an example on Pastebin and post the
link here.
Martin
