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Excluding Groups of Messages

CA MIC also lets you use wildcard characters within any user ID or message ID. Wildcard characters let you exclude selected messages that have similar originating user IDs or message IDs, without having to list these user IDs or message IDs individually:

• Use the asterisk (*) wildcard character to exclude messages with a user ID or message ID that matches the character string preceding the * character. The asterisk wildcard character can be specified only at the end of a character string, and only one asterisk can be specified per string.

  For example, if you specify EXCLUDEPREFIX=HCP*, CA MIC excludes any message with a message ID that begins with HCP, no matter what the rest of the message ID is.

• Use the pound (#) wildcard character to indicate a single character position that CA MIC should ignore when determining whether to exclude messages. The user ID or message ID must be exactly the same length as the character string you specify. You can specify multiple pound sign wildcard characters within a character string.

  For example, if you specify EXCLUDEUSER=TEST#1, CA MIC excludes messages issued by any user ID with a six-character ID that begins with TEST and ends with 1. CA MIC would exclude messages from users TEST11 and TESTR1 but not from user TEST11A.