Hi Jacob, your suggested filter to match at beginning of subject line (Subject:: xyz:*) didn't work. I can't seem to find any examples in the docs about how to do this. do you have any suggestions? Thank you! -----Original Message----- From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jacob Haller Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 8:41 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Mail Content_Filter Template parameters >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. -- Jacob Haller, Technical Support, L-Soft international, Inc LISTSERV (R) is a registered trademark of L-Soft. Support is available 9:00-18:00 ET, Monday-Friday except on the following holidays: <http://www.lsoft.com/resources/holidays.asp> L-Soft's LISTSERV(R) Choice Awards - The Mailys: Nominate and Vote Today: http://www.lsoft.com/news/choiceawards.asp Got the latest LISTSERV version? Upgrade now to LISTSERV 16.0: http://www.lsoft.com/products/listserv_160.asp