[Mailman-Users] topic regep exclude

[Mark Sapiro]

Howard Moscovitz wrote:

>Mark Sapiro wrote:
>
>>Howard Moscovitz wrote:
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>>>In the topic definition form, how can one specify a topic that is only 
>>>messages that DOES NOT have the string [G2] in it.
>>>    
>>>
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>>see http://docs.python.org/lib/re-syntax.html
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>>I would try
>>
>>  ^(?!.*\[G2\])
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>>or if case is not significant
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>>  ^(?!.*\[[Gg]2\])
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>>but this is only a suggested starting point. It seems to me that it
>>should work, but I don't know.
>>
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>Well, I was able to duplicate this result using Python on my computeras 
>you suggested, thank you. I put that regep in the topic filter and 
>people who have selected that topic are still getting messages with [G2] 
>in the subject. Do you have to put the regep in quotes, single or 
>double, on the admin form?

As far as I know, you don't need to quote the regexp in the topic
definition, but I don't actually use topics on any list, and when I've
played with topics on a test list, I haven't gotten even simple cases
to work.

Thus, someone else with experience with topics needs to answer this.

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