On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 10:31:26AM -0800, Marc Perkel wrote:
> Trying to write a regex string to detect 8-bit characters in various
> headers. What I want to do is drop message with lots of 8-bit characters
> in the subject line.
>
> something like:
>
> drop message = Subject full of 8 bit characters
> regex = ^Subject::.*[¢-ÿ]{6,}
>
> but that isn't working for some reason.
From my .forward filter:
if $h_subject matches [\\x80-\\xff]{5} then
You probably have to escape the \, or surround your expression with \N.
(You need only test for 6 characters, ie. {6} instead of {6,}.)
Steve
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