On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:18:54 -0600 Tim Walberg <twalberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/05/2006 08:31 +0600, Kev wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 07:25:25 -0800 (PST) > >> "Scott Taylor" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Kev said: > >> > > im seting up a scrip pipe for postfix + spamassassin as a filter in > >> > > postfix. > >> > > > >> > > this really works how ever i have a prb with the FWD depending on the > >> > > recipent, can any one help me with this line > >> > > > >> > > if $EGREP -q -i "To: *kav@xxxxxxxxxx*" < /var/tempfs/out.$$ > >> > > > >> > > how can i tell egrep to check for any format of To: in the email heder. > >> > > >> > You did. Perhaps something else in your query is blocking you, or maybe > >> > you just want grep, it doesn't look like you are using "Extended Regex" > >> > here. > >> > > >> > 'man grep' might be some more help to you. > >> > >> yeah i got it to work with the way i have put there, but the prb is that > >> email addred comes as many formats like > >> > >> To: "Kev" <kev@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: Kev <kev@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <kev@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <kev@xxxxxxxxxx> "Kev" > >> > >> etc etc.... so my above way dont work :( > > Something like: > > $EGREP -q -i '^To:.*<kav@xxxxxxxxxx>' > > should do the job - note the couple of differences: > > ^ to match only at beginning of line > .* to match any number of any character other than newline > between To: and the e-mail address enclosed in brackets > > One subtle (?) bug in your original is that it says, roughly, "match > the literal string "To:" followed by zero or more space characters > followed by the literal string "kav@xxxxxxxxx" followed by zero or > more 't' characters. In other words, "To:kav@xxxxxxxxx" would match, > as would "To: kav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"... > it works like a charm, thanks a lot - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
