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[Riccardo Veraldi <address@concealed>]

On 01/11/15 21:50, Steve Shipway wrote:
> > Apparently
> > equal([sender], '^.*@oracle.com') smtp,smime,md5   -> do_it
> > is not working anymore
> Did this ever work?  I thought that the equal() test is for string equality,
> not a regexp match, for which you use match().  We're on 6.1 but do not use
> equal() with a regexp.
it worked perfectly on 6.1.7

on 6.2 I am now using match()  but on 6.1 equal() with regexp was working.

thank you

Rick
> The 6.1 manual says the same as in 6.2:
>
>    <condition> ::= [!] <condition
>                    | true ()
>                    | equal (<var>, <var>)
>                    | less_than (<var>, <var>)
>                    | match (<var>, /perl_regexp/)
>
> ... which seems to me to say that equal() will not take a regexp, only a
> constant or a variable.
>
> Incidentally, always remember to anchor your regexps, else you might
> accidentally match "address@concealed"
>
> Steve
>
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