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On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 17:09:28 +0800 (AWST)
Bret Busby wrote:



> I would be wary of using the filtering that you have detailed.
> 
> The two blacklist lines are, I believe, too non-specific.
>...
> The problems that I see with those two blacklist lines, include, as 
> examples, for the first line; "*.cn", all *.cnet.com<|.*> 

They are globs, as in filename globbing in a unix shell; *.cn matches
only email addresses that end in ".cn". 


If *.cn matched *.cnet.com there wouldn't be any point in supporting
the "*" wildcard.