Regex in "lock out poster keyword" ?

[dstaples]

Hi

Regex's DO seem to work in that field however there seems to be no way to manage those filters like the subject & filename filters. Am I missing something?

Anyway,
In some of the groups I download there is a poster that posts stuff I dont want <ya, suprise> The subjects & filenames are all over the place so filtering them is out, However, he/they/it allways have a poster name like
"Jalen" <[email protected]>
or
"Jalen" <[email protected]>

So the question is, How do I wite a filter that rejects anything over say 15 chars without a space or a . between the < > 's for the lockout poster keyword ?

[Smite]

does \w{15} work?

[dstaples]

Dosent seem to...

I tried \w>[15} too....

[Smite]

k, probably something to do with upper/lower case. The regex in v5 does that too (displays them like you typed them, but treats them all as uppercase).

The other options that might work are:
[a-zA-Z0-9]{15}
or
[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]
which should definately work.

[dstaples]

They arent always exactly 15 chars but are always at least 15 or more. Can I use some sort of > operator?

[Smite]

Unless you use $ or ^ in the expression, it doesn't matter what comes before or after the bit that matches the regex. "A" will match "aaaa" as well as just "a".

[dstaples]

I guess regex dosent work in that field

Ive used all of that and still cant get rid of the problem poster.

Feature request?? Perhaps adding poster to the filter options window? Please?

[Smite]

I'm pretty sure 4.33B6 does support regex in the poster lockout.

[dstaples]

I am SO frustrated!!! I cant get rid of this KP posting a**wipe.

I've tried all of your suggestions, which I do appreacate by the way. but I still cant filter him out...
Heres a smattering of the poster names he's using
There are usually a couple hundred posts scattered across a dozen or more names... the long spaceless alphnumeric before the @ is the only constant...


"Jalen" <[email protected]>
Andre <[email protected]>
Segre <[email protected]>
"Ryan" <[email protected]>
"Alejandro" <[email protected]>
"Alejandro" <[email protected]>
"Alejandro" <[email protected]>
"Alejandro" <[email protected]>
"Austin" <[email protected]>
"Austin" <[email protected]>
"Austin" <[email protected]>
"Austin" <[email protected]>
"Austin" <[email protected]>
"Austin" <[email protected]>
"Beau" <[email protected]>
"Austin" <[email protected]>
"Austin" <[email protected]>
"Sarah" <[email protected]>
"Sarah" <[email protected]>
"Tyler" <[email protected]>
"Tyler" <[email protected]>
Amanda <[email protected]>
Amanda <[email protected]>
Amanda <[email protected]>

What am I doing wrong?

[dstaples]

So any ideas?

[Quade]

Hmm. I didn't think "lockout poster" used regex. I suppose I could try it in 5. I'd be concerned about performance but, it can't hurt to try.

[dstaples]

I had submitted a feature request that asked that there be another filter tab for poster keyword.

It sure would be useful.

[Quade]

There is a poster keyword filter. I just don't think it's regex.

[Smite]

Some time ago you claimed to have hooked it up as regex. I never bothered testing that statement though.