need help on a procmail rule

[Florian Diesch]

"Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)" <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:

> I would like some advice on procmail. I know it a bit, but my knowledge
> of regular expressions is not so good.
>
> I would like to move all mail from one sender to a certain mailfolder
> For that I use:
>
> :0:
> * ^From:.*jdoe1 at example\.com
> .JohnDoe/
>
> This works.
>
> But I would also like to move all replies, quotes,... with his name
> somewhere in the body to that mailfolder. Sometimes he signs with John
> Doe, sometimes with his middle name John F. Doe
> I tried this:
>
> :0:
> * ^.*John (|F\. )Doe
> .JohnDoe/
>
> But that didn't work.


Not tested but should work:

:0 B
 * John (F\. )?Doe
 .JohnDoe/


   Florian
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