where can I find a description on how Outlook rules work?

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In particular how does the xxx contains yyy text searches work (wherexxx is
something like Subject and yyy is a string)? Are the strings regular
expressions? I'm given the opprotunity to enter multiple strings. Is this an
OR or an AND operation (must all the strings be present or any one)?
 
Thanks - I figured that out with a little experimentation.

What about wildcards/regular expressions?

and where the heck is the documentation of this????
 
What about wildcards/regular expressions?
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No wildcards or regular expressions. Rules look for non-delimited
substrintgs. If you look for the word "corn", for example, it will match
"popcorn" and "cornucopia" as well.
and where the heck is the documentation of this????
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Good question!
 
rats - so there's no way to match "TRS <babble> Sunday"! That's dumb! Regular
expressions are ... the only way to do string matching!

Thanks anyway
 
Wow - that should do it - Thanks!
Too bad matching was so simple minded - two rules to say
Subject containing "TRS.*Sunday"
Sigh

But thanks for the solution.
 
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