Re: VSoup and Killfile
Michael Gray (LabRat@i-link.net)
Sat, 21 Sep 1996 10:50:32 -0500
In article <6ItQyo3qB+wU092yn@airmail.net>,
pcrown@airmail.net (Phil Crown) wrote:
>>> all {
>>> Subject $50,000
>>> }
>>
>>Yes, it uses regular expressions! I am wondering why the above
>>expression is killing any '$50,000' article, because the '$' means
>>'matching end of line'...
>
>Thanks! Actually, I don't think $50,000 has ever been killed the way I
>have it now. :-)
>
>>> I've noticed that subjects with "$50,000" do not always get killed, so
>>> maybe the $ or the , is part of a regular expression?
>> :
>>
>>Give \$50,000 a try. The '\' escapes the special meanings of the
>>regular expression characters!
I use \$\$ to kill the MMF spams. This WILL let the $50,000 through,
but will also allow any 'real' articles with a $ in it to pass.
Rec.moto has a lot of deals and it's necessary for the 'for sale'
groups. I've got some score entries to take care of what spam
remains.
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