2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mailman/utilities/importer.py b/src/mailman/utilities/importer.py
index 00c30c9f0..cf14fa73a 100644
--- a/src/mailman/utilities/importer.py
+++ b/src/mailman/utilities/importer.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def import_config_pck(mlist, config_dict):
         for line_pattern in line_patterns.splitlines():
             if len(line_pattern.strip()) == 0:
                 continue
-            for sep in (': ', ':.', ':'):
+            for sep in (': ', ':.*', ':.', ':'):
                 header, sep, pattern = line_pattern.partition(sep)
                 if sep:
                     # We found it.
diff --git a/src/mailman/utilities/tests/test_import.py b/src/mailman/utilities/tests/test_import.py
index ca3a4afb7..d74a198df 100644
--- a/src/mailman/utilities/tests/test_import.py
+++ b/src/mailman/utilities/tests/test_import.py
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ class TestBasicImport(unittest.TestCase):
             ('^Subject: dev-\r\n^Subject: staging-', 3, False),
             ('from: .*info@aolanchem.com\r\nfrom: .*@jw-express.com',
              2, False),
+            ('^Subject:.*\\Wwas:\\W', 3, False),
             ('^Received: from smtp-.*\\.fedoraproject\\.org\r\n'
              '^Received: from mx.*\\.redhat.com\r\n'
              '^Resent-date:\r\n'
@@ -372,6 +373,7 @@ class TestBasicImport(unittest.TestCase):
                 ('subject', 'staging-', 'discard'),
                 ('from', '.*info@aolanchem.com', 'reject'),
                 ('from', '.*@jw-express.com', 'reject'),
+                ('subject', '\\Wwas:\\W', 'discard'),
                 ('received', 'from smtp-.*\\.fedoraproject\\.org', 'hold'),
                 ('received', 'from mx.*\\.redhat.com', 'hold'),
                 ('resent-date', '.*', 'hold'),