$NEST command behavior

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Hi all,

I've noticed some odd behavior with the $NEST command.

When using the $NEST command in the bounds match, what is the difference in entering:

Code:

$NEST(<table,</table>)
    VS
$NEST(<table*>,</table>)

When I "test" a web filter, I don't see any apparent difference. Yet when loading pages, the filter matches differently depending on which bounds I use. Here is the filter is question:

Code:

[Patterns]
Name = "Small Table Killer1"
Active = TRUE
Bounds = "$NEST(<table,</table>)"
Limit = 1500
Match = "<(\w)\0*=$AV($LST(AdList)*)*"
Replace = "<proxo killed \0 with \9 />"

Name = "Small Table Killer2"
Active = TRUE
Bounds = "$NEST(<table*>,</table>)"
Limit = 1500
Match = "<(\w)\0*=$AV($LST(AdList)*)*"
Replace = "<proxo killed \0 with \9 />"

Heres a link to a page that does this: http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/

If anybody can shed some light on this, I'd appreaciate it.

Thanks
Mike