On 2007-10-12, Joseph wrote > I'm reading mutt manual and it has an example: > > save-hook me@(turing\\.)?cs\\.hmc\\.edu$ +elkins > save-hook aol\\.com$ +spam > > Why there is a "\\."? > I know singe backslash "\" turn off special meaning for "." > double backslash would indicate that it is a "\" character. The the muttrc file is read, the first backslash is removed, so the send-hook then gets stored with the pattern having a single backslash. -- David Ellement