>On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Jacob Haller wrote: > >> >On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:01:11 -0400, "Hugh W. Jarvis" >> ><[log in to unmask]> >> >wrote: >> > >> >>I ran a yadda@*.ru (for a Russian address) and the >> >>return included two rutgers.edu accounts! >> >> >> Scanning for yadda@*.ru matches [log in to unmask] because >> it matches a substring of that address as follows: >> >> [log in to unmask] >> yadda@ * .ru >> > > That implies implicit right truncation. I have always understood > that in querying for e-mail addresses all truncation had to be > explicit; that for [log in to unmask] to be retrieved > the search would have to be: yadda@*.ru* That's true for "q listname for [addresspossiblyincludingwildcards]", but scan functions as I describe. Scan means 'look for substring', where as Query requires a full email address (which can include wildcards). -- Jacob Haller, Technical Support L-Soft international, Inc http://www.lsoft.com/