Re: a call for peace (Re: SMTP AUTH)

[paul]

i quoted somebody as saying:

> >> :0
> >> * ^From:.*<dean@av8\.com
> >> /dev/null

and was told by an actual procmail user the following:

> That regex needs some work (the left-angle bracket excludes messages  sent
> with a bare address), and:
> 
> > it does no good for me to filter out the crackpots if the rest of
> > you are just going to keep on replying to same.
> 
> if you can rely on at least some people to group-reply to mailing
> lists as nature intended (which you didn't do, which is why I know
> about this thread), then
> 
> > :0
> > * (^From|To|Cc):.*dean@av8\.(com|net)
> > /dev/null
> 
> does a better job. The following does very nicely for me, for the
> record :-)
> 
> > # Valley of the Kooks
> >
> > :0
> > * ^(From|To|Cc):.*baptista@(pccf\.net|dot-god\.com)
> > /dev/null
> >
> > :0
> > * ^(From|To|Cc):.*jwkckid1@ix\.netcom\.com
> > /dev/null
> >
> > :0
> > *
> > ^(From|To|Cc):.*(jimfleming|jfleming)@(prodigy\.net|anet\.com|ameritech\.net)
> > /dev/null
> >
> > :0
> > * (^From|To|Cc):.*dean@av8\.(com|net)
> > /dev/null

it's all klingon to me, but that's what i heard.