sieve match with contain asterisk

[Robert L Mathews]

On 7/2/21 4:43 AM, Hardy Flor wrote:

> I want to find a keyword in the subject between two "*".
> How do I have to mask the "*" correctly?
> 
> I tried:
> if header :matches "subject" "\*xyz\**"
> if header :matches "subject" "\\*xyz\\**"

Use ":contains" instead of ":matches":

if header :contains "Subject" "*xyz*"

In ":contains", asterisks aren't wildcards and don't need escaping.

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