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I'm trying to filter OUT any subject and/or filename with any 1, 2 or 3 numbers enclosed in paranthesis. IE:

this (1).txt
that (123).htm
another(01).jpg

I can't figure out what it's supposed to look like. I've tried both file and subject filters of

"("(0-9){2}")"\.*
"("(0-9)")"\.*
"("(0-9)(0-9)")"\.*

but the files still get thru.

Also, is there a limit to the number of filter "lines" you can have (ie: MOVIES has 100+ lines...what's the max limit?)

Heyalp!!!

You have to escape the parenthesis with a backslash since they are used in regular expressions.

\([0-9]\) should find any single number inside parenthesis for example.

I wouldn't use file filters unless you have to. It leads to performance problems if there are lots of matches.

There isn't a set limit to the number of lines, it's more the total size of the filters. I think 100 lines is excessive and might cause problems.

Maybe try "\([0-9]+\)"

does \(\d{1,3}\) work?

I can't recall if the new RegEx parser does that properly...