Filters

[Steve Marvin]

On Sat, 15 Jan 2000 08:48:02 +0100, Anders Gjerl v wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Can anyone explain why the "No Spam" filter example that is in PMMail
>2000:
>
>
>header.subject="$$" | 
>header.subject="!!!" | 
>header.subject="XXX" | 
>header.subject="##"
>
>Also filters messages that only contain a single "$" for instance?
>
>Thanks!
>

When they added variables to the filtering language (ICSL), in 2.0
I think, the '$' became an identifier for variables. Now when the
filter sees '$$' it treats it as '$'. I think if you really wanted
it to see two '$' you would have to use '$$$$'.