Spam.whitelist.rules file question

Quentin Campbell Q.G.Campbell at NEWCASTLE.AC.UK
Thu Feb 6 11:21:55 GMT 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK] 
> Sent: 06 February 2003 11:06
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Spam.whitelist.rules file question
>[snip]
> >I think it should read:
> >
> >From:     /^192\.168\.6[4567]\./              yes
> 
> You can add the "\." if you like, but no 3-digit (or more) 
> number starting with a 6 is less than 256 anyway, so you 
> can't have an IP address that is, for example, 
> 192.168.641.123. But yes, having the "\." makes it a bit 
> clearer, I'll change the docs.

OK, Thanks. A more realistic example to use is (say):

From:     /^192\.100\.13[67]\./                  yes

Quentin




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