Wise Perl People, I am trying to remove spam from a txt file which looks like the following: 
AUTHOR: bobMonk
TITLE: Monk Software Chart
STATUS: Publish
CATEGORY: Monks
DATE: 05/21/2006 11:36:16 AM
-----
COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Joe Legitimate Man
EMAIL: Joe@legitdomain.com
This is a legitimate comment.
-----
COMMENT:
AUTHOR: more spam casino stuff
EMAIL: marengo@greenfield.com
Blabla, more spam. poker blabla
-----
COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Joe Legitimate Man
EMAIL: Joe@legitdomain.com
This is a legitimate comment.
-----

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My goal is to remove the spam comments using regex filters. Comments start from the term "COMMENT:" and end on "-----". I have tried various approaches to this, but none have been successful. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thank you all.
Buddha bless you.

In reply to Delete all "records" which contain a regex match by ilovechristy

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