Re: [maildropl] Pattern matching

[Sam V. <mr...@co...>]

Will Hawes writes:

> whawes# maildrop -v
> maildrop 1.6.3 Copyright 1998-2003 Double Precision, Inc.
> Maildir quota extension enabled.
> Virtual user database via MySQL extension enabled.
> This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
> License. See COPYING for additional information.
> 
>  From my interpretation of the .mailfilter docs, the following in a 
> .mailfilter file:
> 
> if( /^To: (.*)/ )
> {
>    log "MATCH: $MATCH, MATCH1: $MATCH1"
> }
> 
> when matched against a message header such as "To: in...@fo...", 
> should give me something like this in the log:
> 
> MATCH: To: in...@fo..., MATCH1: in...@fo...

Not in the prehistoric version of maildrop that you are running, which uses 
a different syntax.  The online man page reflect the current PCRE-based 
syntax.