On 13 June 2002, Peter N Lewis said:
> I'll add a deny in myself:
>
> deny local_parts = ^[.]
>
> Alternatively to making it a configuration option akin to
> percent_hack_domains, adding the line above (or like) to the default
> configuration might not be a bad idea?
I'm agnostic. Whatever.
> BTW, the pattern ^\. did not
> work (it denied everything) - should it?
Escaping problem. Easiest way to write regexes in Exim 4 is:
deny local_parts = \N^\.\N
Alternately, add backslashes until it works. I can never remember the
rules, which presumably is why Philip added \N in Exim 4. ;-)
Greg
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