Re: Can not get a filter recognised for one email source

In message <[email protected]>,
	N.J. Mann ([email protected]) wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>,
> 	Anne Wilson ([email protected]) wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 February 2011 12:13:34 N.J. Mann wrote:
> > > In message <[email protected]>,
> > > 
> > > 	Anne Wilson ([email protected]) wrote:
> > > > I get regular emails from one list, that always end up in my Inbox, no
> > > > matter
> > > > 
> > > > what I put in the recipes.  At the moment these two recipes are in place:
> > > > :0
> > > > 
> > > > * (^From|^To|^Subject): .*(Janome|embroidery|Embroidery|emblibrary|
> > > > empressmills)
> > > > ${MAILDIR}.INBOX.Sewing/
> > > > 
> > > > :0
> > > > 
> > > > * ^From: .*Debra\@emblibrary.com
> > > > ${MAILDIR}.INBOX.Sewing/
> > > 
> > > You have a space character in both recipes which should not be there.
> > > Try:
> > > 
> > >  * (^From|^To|^Subject):.*(Janome|embroidery|Embroidery|emblibrary|
> > > 
> > > and
> > > 
> > >  * ^From:.*Debra\@emblibrary.com
> > > 
> > OK, I've made the change.  Now I wait a few days for the next message :-)
> > 
> > Funny, though.  All my recipes have a space there, and the others all work.

Sorry, but I was wrong!  My memory was in error as to what .* means, or
more importantly what * means in procmail regexps.  If I had read
(again) the friendly manual page I would have not made this mistake.  In
procmail regexps * means zero or more of the previous character - in the
regexp - not 'any' character as I wrote.  So, this does not explain why
your recipe does not work. :-(

To go any further I really need more information, such as verbose logs
for a relevant session and a sample message.  You can send these
off-line if you wish.


Cheers,
       Nick.
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