Re: acl-list (ban problem)

Roland de Greef writes:
> The problem is if i use the line ^http://*.*chat*.*/ in an acl-ban list.
> That not only the url is processed but also the url path and that's not my
> intension. Another strange thing is that this command also blocks url with
> the word chat before the '.'.
>
> Therefore my question is: What are the rules for using these
> url(path)_regex lines? Is there a url_regex command that only processes the
> first part of the url(till the path).

'man regex', which will point you to 'man re_format'

What you're trying to express should be written more like:

  ^http://.*\..*chat.*\..*/

The man pages will help you with this.
  -- Clifton

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