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$ecretAgent

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Jan 17, 2007, 6:18:46 AM1/17/07
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need to filter:

author: -

When i click and add it, agent says illegal syntax..

It needs to filter when "-" is the first and only character. so that
it does not match "billy-bob"

I tried:
{\-}
{^\-$}
={\-}

and lots of others..

any gurus can help?

Ralph Fox

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Jan 17, 2007, 7:17:52 AM1/17/07
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:18:46 -0500, in message <i41sq2105hdc53n4h...@4ax.com>,
$ecretAgent wrote:

> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.1/32.1088

Author: {^-$}

meets the description of your requirements.
You don't need a "\" before the "-".


If that is not working, then one of the following might be the cause.

A. Perhaps the actual From header has more than one character "-" in it.
You may have
[ ] Show Author's full email address
turned off at Tools -> Options -> Display -> Message List Pane
so you are not seeing the email address after the "-" in the
message list pane.

B. Perhaps the poster is not using "-" but another similar-looking
character like "–", "—" or "­" (en–dash, em—dash, soft­hyphen).


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Cheers,
Ralph


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