[pmmail-list] Filtering question

[Sorin Srbu]

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:54:38 -0500, Steve Marvin wrote:

>>>>>Try this:
>>>>>
>>>>>h.From="@tiscali.no" | 
>>>>>h.From="@yahoo.com" | 
>>>>>h.From="@zipmail.com.br"
>>>>
>>>>Aren't the above and below interchangable? Well, anyway, I'll try
>>>>your thing.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Just FYI:
>>>
>>>  h.from contains "Name" <emailname@server.tld>
>>>  and h.fromID contains just <emailname@server.tld>
>>
>>Umm... I don't see your point? Do you mean I *should* use the
>>h.fromid beacuse otherwise I'll get the full name, instead of a
>>partial name/id?
>>
>
>There was no point, that was just *information* for you
>on what is contained in the fields.
> I only use 'h.fromID' in matches against address book entries.
>  For example: h.fromid="$ag.bot-group$
>All my other filters using from use the h.from or just the 'h'.
>
>Also for info, the string comparisons are not exact
>unless you specify them to be so. So h.from="thisname" should
>return a match if 'thisname' is anywhere in the h.from field
>(the name portion or the email address portion regardless).

Ah, great! This was the answer I wanted. Thx for the info!

BW,

Sorin

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