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k p c writes:
 > three problems, all related:
 > 
 > (setq vm-reply-ignored-addresses '("\\bkpc\\b"))
 > 
 > when somebody from kpc.com sends me mail (From: person@kpc.com), the
 > summary says the mail is to me (i have jwz's to header hack), and when
 > i reply to the mail it gives me a blank to line.
 > 
 > how can i improve this regexp?

"kpc@\\|kpc\\b[^.]"

 > can vm be updated to allow me not to worry about improving it?
 > aren't address conventions built into vm or mail-extr?

Not in VM.  VM does basic parsing.  It can breka onup lists of
addresses but does not do much inside of the address itself.

 > in a related problem,
 > 
 > (setq vm-invisible-header-regexp
 >       "^To: kpc$\\|^To: kpc@[^ ,]*$")
 > 
 > and so on is how i try to make mail to me (but only to me) have the
 > from header invisible.  but it needs to be more complicated for all
 > the address formats.  is there a way not to have to get complicated
 > with regexps?

I assume you mean make the _To_ header invisible in this case.
No, there's no way to avoid terribly complex regexps if you want
to do it right.