Public bug reported: This is very minor, but probably deserves a note in the documentation. In the ban_list (and probably other places) a regular expression requires the leading end anchor "^". Thus one without that as first character would be interpreted as an email address. With the "^", the entry will be read as a regular expression. How would you handle an email address where the localpart begins with "^"? Granted, this is a very rare thing, but it is possible. Escape it with backslash? It could be done as a regular expression also, but that fact might be worth noting. Thanks. FYI, I discussed this with Terri in IRC, and she suggested filing a bug. ** Affects: mailman Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mailman Coders, which is subscribed to GNU Mailman. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074542 Title: ban_list: addresses which begin with caret ("^") To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1074542/+subscriptions