On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 07:55:23PM -0500, Chris Knadle said:
> On Thursday 19 January 2006 17:41, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:
> > local_part_suffix = -*
> > local_part_suffix_optional
> >
> > will do what you want for determining what a local_part is, then you
> > can do what lookup you find more suitable to determine if a
> > local_part is valid.
>
> I note that your local_part_suffix = -* != local_part_suffix = *- from
> the Exim spec. I'll have to look at that again.
local_part_suffix != local_part_prefix, but both exist.
> However, the andy-*@domain was an example and I don't know that a '-' is
> going to be in every email address that needs a wildcard lookup. [I have
> been looking into this before asking for a recipient list.]
Hence the local_part_{pre,suf}fix_optional bit. The address will just
match back to whatever is before the -, so tom-foo will be tom, but so
will tom.
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