> So which is better:
> if $message_body matches "^* dear friend"
>
> or
>
> if $message_body contains "^* dear friend"
> ^^^^^^^
The latter is not legal. "matches" uses a regular expression while "contains"
uses plain text. There was a typo on my part, I should have put
"^ *dear friend"
That is a regular expression with the "^" anchoring the match to the start of the
text being studied. " *" means zero, one or more spaces.
Before trying to write regular expressions you need to study the Exim manual,
sections 8 and 9, and follow up the references to more information.
Phil.
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Phil Chambers (postmaster@???)
University of Exeter
