Try this r'(?s)Returned-Path:\s<.*>\012Recieved:' --Darrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morten W. Petersen" <morten at esol.no> > I want to match a string, 'Returned-Path: <someuser at somehost>\nRecieved:'. > > Why doesn't re.compile(r'Return-Path:\s<.*>^Recieved:',re.MULTILINE) return > a search object that'll match that line? >