Re: [sup-talk] hook with external file ref

[Philippe LeCavalier <support@plecavalier.com>]

Thank you David.
Excerpts from David J. Hamilton's message of Thu Mar 03 12:35:20 -0500 2011:
> Excerpts from Philippe LeCavalier's message of Thu Mar 03 05:26:03 -0800 2011:
> > From: Philippe LeCavalier <support@plecavalier.com>
> > To: sup-talk <sup-talk@rubyforge.ord>
> > Cc: 
> > Bcc: 
> > Subject: hook with external file ref
> > 
> > addressfile = File.open("/home/user/path/addressfile","r")
> > if ! addressfile.grep(/#{message.from.email}/).empty?
> >   message.add_label :somelabel
> > end
> > 
> > In the wiki it states "which contains one e-mail address per line". I'm just
> > wondering what I would have to change in the code in order to list just the
> > domain.
> 
> It's a bit tricky because you're trying to find the email address in the
> address file, rather than match one of many patterns in the address file to the
> email.  If you use the latter approach you should be able to put whatever
> patterns you want, including just the domain.
> 
>   patterns = File.readlines "/path/to/my/addressfile"
>   patterns.each do |pattern|
>     if message.from.email =~ /#{pattern}/
>       message.add_label :somelabel
>     end
>   end
> 
> If you take this approach then you should be able to have lines in your
> addressfile like ‘foo.com’ (sans quotes).  This will actually match a little
> more than what you probably intend (e.g. it would match emails from
> foo.com@bar.com or even joe@foodcom.net), but is likely good enough and saves
> you from having to learn regular expressions.

I'll give this a try and see what the outcome is.
-- 
Thanks,
Phil
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