>Hi, I am in the process of setting up an mail content filter
>template to block postings with certain keywords in the subject line.
>
>I am unable to match messages with "xyz:" in the subject line, and
>the docs don't have sufficient examples in regards to expression
>matching.
>
>I understand that "subject::" matches any empty string, but I am not
>sure how to setup [subject: "xyz:" ] to match any subject line that
>starts with "xyz:"
>
>How can I setup content_filter to match any subject line that starts
>with "xyz:" ? and how do I escape the ":" in the string?
>
>Thank you!

Try

Subject:: xyz:*

and see if that does the trick.
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