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to: MARK LEWIS
from: NICHOLAS BOEL
date: 2017-11-23 10:06:00
subject: Not launching the echomai

Hello mark,

On Thu Nov 23 2017 09:52:34, mark lewis wrote to Bill McGarrity:

 BM>> exec "/home/dd/fido/runfido.sh"
 BM>> *.[mMwWtTfFsS][oOeEhHrRaAuU][0-9a-zA-Z] exec
 BM>> "/home/dd/fido/runfido.sh" *.[pP][kK][tT]

 ml> if one really wants it simple and doesn't want to have to figure out
 ml> the above quoted regex* one could have an entry for each inbound file

If someone has to "figure out the above quoted regex", they obviously would
have to figure out the below quoted regex as well. ;)

 ml>   exec "/home/ftn/bin/hpt toss link"
 ml> /home/ftn/in/secure/*.[Ss][Uu][0-9A-Za-z] exec "/home/ftn/bin/hpt toss
 ml> link" /home/ftn/in/secure/*.[Mm][Oo][0-9A-Za-z] exec
 ml> "/home/ftn/bin/hpt toss link"
 ml> /home/ftn/in/secure/*.[Tt][Uu][0-9A-Za-z] exec "/home/ftn/bin/hpt toss
 ml> link" /home/ftn/in/secure/*.[Ww][Ee][0-9A-Za-z] exec
 ml> "/home/ftn/bin/hpt toss link"
 ml> /home/ftn/in/secure/*.[Tt][Hh][0-9A-Za-z] exec "/home/ftn/bin/hpt toss
 ml> link" /home/ftn/in/secure/*.[Ff][Rr][0-9A-Za-z] exec
 ml> "/home/ftn/bin/hpt toss link"
 ml> /home/ftn/in/secure/*.[Ss][Aa][0-9A-Za-z] exec "/home/ftn/bin/hpt toss
 ml> link" /home/ftn/in/secure/*.[Pp][Kk][Tt] exec "/home/ftn/bin/hpt toss
 ml> link" /home/ftn/in/secure/*.[Tt][Ii][Cc]

 ml> *the above quoted regex, seen in a lot of places, allows for more than
 ml> the desired FTN mail bundle extensions... this may not be a good thing
 ml> in some cases...

Though this makes complete sense. However, anything received that the mail
processor doesn't understand, wouldn't be processed anyways.

Regards,
Nick

... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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