Re: Regex filter in icedove
Hello,
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:30 PM, Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Tue, 09 Feb 2016 11:28:21 -0800
> Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi all;
>>
>> I am plagued with junk mail with non-asci characters in the subject
>> line. There is a "Subject Regex Match" filter in the message filter
>> applicateion in icedove. I would like to filter out all messages with
>> non-ascii characteristics in the subject. I have tried [\x126-\x255],
>> [^[\x00-\x75]], [\x76-\xFF] and [^[:ascii:]]. None work. I can't find
>> documentation for this function. Since there are several different
>> flavors of regex I really don't know what I am doing. Can anyone help.
>
> Icedove is based on libxul, and libxul is using libpcre for regular
> expression support. pcrepattern(3) describes some really nice patterns
> that are worth trying in your case.
>
> For example:
>
> [^\p{Latin}|\p{Common}]
>
> Of course, if it does not work (I don't use Icedove myself) - you can
> assume that this "Subject Regex Match" does not even try to decode
> actual Subject field (hint - it's not a pretty sight unless it's pure
> ASCII), and try this instead:
>
> ^=\?[^\?]+\?(b|u)
I suspect that will not work, I remember me searching a ip address and
not working, but I cannot find any reference now.
There is a search addon [1] which would have to work
I hope that help
[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/es/thunderbird/addon/gmailui/
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