Re: [exim] Host Pattern Matching

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Author: Peter Bowyer
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] Host Pattern Matching
On 21/06/07, Marc Perkel <marc@???> wrote:
> can I do pattern matching on hosts like:
>
> hosts = *.yahoo.*
>
> The docs are a little fuzzy on this.


http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/index.html#toc0127

"If a pattern starts with "*" the remainder of the item must match the
end of the host name. For example, *.b.c matches all hosts whose names
end in .b.c. This special simple form is provided because this is a
very common requirement. Other kinds of wildcarding require the use of
a regular expression. "



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