XFOR: SMTP Event Pattern Matching Rules (200581)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Commercial Internet System 2.0
This article was previously published under Q200581

SUMMARY

This article lists the rules for wildcard matching when configuring an event in the Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) 2.0 Mail SMTP service.

MORE INFORMATION

For e-mail names, the match is case-insensitive, and the pattern can be expressed as:

e-mail_pattern[@domain_pattern]

Given the sample e-mail alias, someone, and the domain name, microsoft.com, the e-mail pattern is expressed as follows

e-mail_pattern = { * or [*]e-mail_name[*] }

where e-mail_pattern can be any one of the following: 
   *         - Any e-mail name
   someone   - Exact match for "someone"
   *someone  - Any e-mail name ending with "someone", including "someone"
   someone*  - Any e-mail name beginning with "someone", including "someone"
   *someone* - Any e-mail name that contains the string "someone", including "someone"
If a domain is not specified, the pattern matches against any domain. Both the e-mail pattern and the domain pattern (if specified) must be matched for the rule to start. Domain patterns are expressed as:

domain_pattern = [*][domain_name]

where domain_pattern can be any of the following: 
   *               - Any domain
   microsoft.com   - Exact match for "microsoft.com"
   *microsoft.com  - Any domain ending with "microsoft.com", including "microsoft.com"
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbinfo KB200581
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