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Okay, so the previous example did not reflect the new port's needs? In this section we will explain in detail how the fine grained fetching mechanism `MASTER_SITES:n` works and how it can be used.

. Elements can be postfixed with `:__n__` where _n_ is `[^:,]+`, that is, _n_ could conceptually be any alphanumeric string but we will limit it to `[a-zA-Z_][0-9a-zA-Z_]+` for now.
. Elements can be postfixed with `:__n__` where _n_ is `[^:,]\+`, that is, _n_ could conceptually be any alphanumeric string but we will limit it to `[a-zA-Z_][0-9a-zA-Z_]+` for now.
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Moreover, string matching is case sensitive; that is, `n` is different from `N`.
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