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  1. Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!nntp.Stanford.EDU!garygm
  3. From: garygm@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gary Brainin)
  4. Subject: Re: Making wildcards in Alternate-Mailboxes: work?
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan23.181818.6350@leland.Stanford.EDU>
  6. Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
  7. Organization: Stanford Law School, Stanford University
  8. References: <1993Jan23.064715.14402@yarra-glen.aaii.oz.au>
  9. Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 18:18:18 GMT
  10. Lines: 23
  11.  
  12. In article <1993Jan23.064715.14402@yarra-glen.aaii.oz.au> anthony@yarra-glen.aaii.oz.au (Anthony Baxter) writes:
  13. >Does anyone know why:
  14. >                                    
  15. >Alternate-Mailboxes: anthony,anthony@nella*,anthony@*.monash.edu.au,anthony@*.rdt.monash.edu.au
  16. >                                    
  17. >matches 'anthony@nella1.cc.monash.edu.au', but not
  18. >'anthony@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au', or 'anthony@rdt.monash.edu.au'?
  19.  
  20.    Easy.  The asterisk has to be at the beginning or end (or both); in
  21. "anthony@*.monash.edu.au" it's in the middle.
  22.  
  23. >I really, really dont want to have to list every single machine in the
  24. >Alternate-Mailboxes: line, nor do I wish to have to have 'anthony@*' as an
  25. >Alternate-Mailbox.
  26.  
  27.    Sadly, I don't know of a way around this.
  28.  
  29.             -Gary
  30. -- 
  31. |Gary Brainin                     |BITNET: garygm%leland.stanford.edu@stanford|
  32. |garygm@leland.stanford.edu       |UUCP: ...decwrl!leland.stanford.edu!garygm |
  33. |"...the right to be let alone-the most comprehensive of rights and the right |
  34. |most valued by civilized men."    Olmstead v. U.S. (Brandeis, J., dissenting)|
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