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Hello,

I would like to use the sensor IMAP for various backup solutions. That's why I have the following regular expression in use:

\b(error|alarm|warning|critical|fehler|error|failed|achtung)\b/ig

This also works as long as the words are lowercase. Problems are here, e.g. "Fehler" or "ERROR". Is "/ig" not correct to disable case sensitive?

Gerard

backup-monitoring imap regular-expression

Created on Mar 24, 2019 3:50:19 PM



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Hi Gerard,

Thanks for the question. Unfortunately, PRTG doesn't support regex options, I've tripped over that as well in the past. From the manual:

PRTG supports Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE).
PRTG does not support regex options or regex flags like, for example, /g (global), or /s (single line), or /gs, and will not correctly search for the target string if you try to set options.

You'll need to use PowerShell in combination with a EXE/Script (Advanced) Sensor to make use of regex options (within PowerShell) :)

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Kind regards,
Stephan Linke, Tech Support Team

Created on Mar 25, 2019 7:33:37 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]




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