Milter-greylist

Benoit Branciard wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > > I'm afraid I can't explain the message.  But FWIW, I use
 > > a slightly different regex for that kind of things:
 > > 
 > > /.*[@.]example\.com/
 > 
 > I don't understand why many people (several examples were posted on this 
 > list) insist on using regexps with ".*" at the beginning or the end of 
 > the expression...

For documentation purposes.  It explicitely expresses the
intent that anything can precede it.

Of course you are right, it doesn't change the meaning of
the expression.  It also doesn't change the performance,
so there is no reason not to write ".*" at the beginning.

Best regards
   Oliver

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