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On 2003-05-30, Kai Großjohann <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net> wrote:

> Svend Tollak Munkejord <stm@bacchus.pvv.org> writes:
>
>> From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mike=20Foo?= <someaddress@yahoo.no>
>>
>> (This is a bit strange, since the name does not any øæå or other
>> `special' characters).
>>
>> Is this the reason why I would need the ".*"s? I do not understand this,
>> since the string "foo" is still there.
>
> In the string "20Foo", F is not the beginning of a word, so the
> string does not match "\\<Foo\\>".

Ah, I see. Thanks for your help!

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Svend Tollak Munkejord