Spam Filter ISP Forums : RegEx https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:57:51 +0000 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:20:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.04 360 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6913 <![CDATA[Spam Filter ISP Forums]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/ <![CDATA[RegEx : Thanks guys for the tips and direction....]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6913&PID=13967&title=regex#13967 Author: meatboy
Subject: 6913
Posted: 03 February 2011 at 6:20pm

Thanks guys for the tips and direction. I think I was making it harder than it really is. Maybe just missed something in the instructions. The addition is working really well and a few other tweaks are getting them. My users think its all gone quiet now but really SF is doing all the work!! Clap]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:20:29 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6913&PID=13967&title=regex#13967 <![CDATA[RegEx : Hmmm...I don&#039;t even think...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6913&PID=13966&title=regex#13966 Author: yapadu
Subject: 6913
Posted: 02 February 2011 at 10:49am

Hmmm...

I don't even think you need the \- part.  I think you are safe to use (we-spam) because the - is not defined as part of a character set [].

I could be wrong of course as I am no regex expert but the test I just did says you don't need it (but did not seem to hurt putting it in either).

As roberto said, you don't really need regex for that example though.
]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:49:24 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6913&PID=13966&title=regex#13966 <![CDATA[RegEx : meatboy,A RegEx keyword in SpamFilter...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6913&PID=13965&title=regex#13965 Author: LogSat
Subject: 6913
Posted: 01 February 2011 at 9:45pm

meatboy,

A RegEx keyword in SpamFilter to block info@we-spam.com would be (the parenthesis are used in SpamFilter to indicate that the keyword is a RegEx expression):
(we\-spam)

you could also use a non-regex keyword by simply spelling out the literal characters you wish to look for:
we-spam


]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:45:19 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6913&PID=13965&title=regex#13965 <![CDATA[RegEx : Hi, we&#039;ve been running SF...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6913&PID=13963&title=regex#13963 Author: meatboy
Subject: 6913
Posted: 01 February 2011 at 8:19pm

Hi,  we've been running SF v424.834 for sometime and its been very good. Recently we have been hit with some spam that requires key words to sort them but every time I look at regex, I just can't get my head around it.

I'd like to block an email address used in the text of the spam for example :

info@we-spam.com

Now clearly I could use the "we-spam" text but how do I put this literally into the keyword area, the dash of course has an effect in specifying a range.

Is the correct method to use say we\-spam to remove the metacharacter function of the dash?  Should I be using square brackets as well [we\-spam]  ??

How can I use absolute literal text no matter the character?

Hope this is not too dumb a question. Thanks.
]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:19:48 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6913&PID=13963&title=regex#13963