On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> > Testing using an RE locally shows, however, that it does work. So
> > am I missing something in the manual or is the manual missing something
> > explaining this? All our local part tests are done via file lookups so using
> > RE's has never been considered :-) Note that the 'domains' director/router
> > option is a domain list and that can be a regular expression, but
> > 'local_parts' is just a string list.
>
> Wow, you're right. The documentaiton for the local_parts option doesn't
> actually say that regular expressions are allowed!
It does if you read it right. :-))
The driver is run only if the local part of the address matches the list,
which is tested in the same way as a domain list and which may therefore
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
include plain file names, file lookups, and negation. Because the string
... but it should perhaps also explicitly say "regular expression".
I didn't think it was worth inventing a whole new category of "local
part list" just for this one option.
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