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--- how_to:write_your_own_spam_filter_rules [2011/08/31 16:54] – link to reference section documentation simon
+++ how_to:write_your_own_spam_filter_rules [2018/11/14 10:45] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-If you put the text to search for in quotes, then VPOP3 will do a simple substring match. For more flexibility you can use regular expressions, and surround the regex pattern in '/' characters. VPOP3 uses PCRE regexes.
+If you just have the text to search for, then VPOP3 will do a simple substring match. For more flexibility you can use regular expressions, and surround the regex pattern in '/' characters. VPOP3 uses PCRE regexes. If the search text or regular expression contains spaces, then you need to surround the search expression with " quotes.
 eg
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 Body /this\s+is\s+a\s+message\s+body\s+(phrase|sentence)\s+to\s+(check|test)\s+for/i 100
 AnyText /this\s+is\s+something\s+to\s+check\s+for\s+in\s+the\s+subject\s+(?i:OR)\s+body/ 100
+Body "/this is a regular[- ]expression with spaces in/i" 100
 EndBulkScan
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