wildcard character '*' not working in Spam filter #855

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opened 2024-03-20 18:59:47 +01:00 by cal · 2 comments

cal commented

2024-03-20 18:59:47 +01:00

Hi,

In trying to save resources (for me and your server), I want to use a '*' for an email address I want to filter. Sometimes these services use multiple user names from same email.

For example, I used a "From" rule which "contains" '*@e.deeperwatch.com' in filter to account for user 'daily@e.deeperwatch.com', but it was passed anyway.

-Carl

Hi, In trying to save resources (for me and your server), I want to use a '*' for an email address I want to filter. Sometimes these services use multiple user names from same email. For example, I used a "From" rule which "contains" '*@e.deeperwatch.com' in filter to account for user 'daily@e.deeperwatch.com', but it was passed anyway. -Carl

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muppeth commented

2024-03-21 11:04:23 +01:00

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@cal Thanks for reporting. I will look into regex syntax allowed for sieve filters for more complex rules. But the example you provided is already covering your use-case. "Contains" condition is already a wild card. Specifying "contains" "e.deeperwatch.com" will apply to any email address containing the string so pretty much the same as @e.deeperwatch.com. However for more complex syntax like asomething??@e.deeperwatch.com it won't work in easy way, so in those cases regular expresion would need to be applied and we should check what is possible and what isn't and add it to the tutorial about filters.

@cal Thanks for reporting. I will look into regex syntax allowed for sieve filters for more complex rules. But the example you provided is already covering your use-case. "Contains" condition is already a wild card. Specifying "contains" "e.deeperwatch.com" will apply to any email address containing the string so pretty much the same as *@e.deeperwatch.com. However for more complex syntax like a*something??@e.deeperwatch.com it won't work in easy way, so in those cases regular expresion would need to be applied and we should check what is possible and what isn't and add it to the tutorial about filters.

cal commented

2024-03-21 15:28:50 +01:00

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I did not realize I could use the Contains to match just the email address without the user account, thank you for the tip. I will get on it now...