* Re: regexp filter
[not found] <86ekpy290o.fsf@number6.magda.ca>
@ 2004-05-05 16:26 ` Johan Bockgård
2004-05-07 4:46 ` David Magda
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From: Johan Bockgård @ 2004-05-05 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
David Magda <dmagda+trace040423@ee.ryerson.ca> writes:
> Trying to setup use a filter (through 'L') to get rid of common span
> in Usenet. Specifically, I'm trying to get rid of spam with subject
> line like the following:
>
> Britney Spears and justin timberlake 8272
>
> So I do a key sequence of L-> s -> r -> t. When asked for the string
> I tried ".* [:digit:]{4}" as well as ".* [0-9]{4}" (throwing in a $
> at the end would also make the regexp more precise). I also tried
> escaping the spaces ('\ ').
.* [[:digit:]]\{4\}$
--
Johan Bockgård
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* Re: regexp filter
2004-05-05 16:26 ` regexp filter Johan Bockgård
@ 2004-05-07 4:46 ` David Magda
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From: David Magda @ 2004-05-07 4:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan Bockgård) writes:
> .* [[:digit:]]\{4\}$
Thank you to everyone. I decided on the above.
--
David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca>, http://www.magda.ca/
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the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well
under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI
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