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- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: rmail not accepting % hacks
- Message-ID: <6R4uwB2w165w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz>
- From: dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister)
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 05:00:52 +1300
- References: <C0AF24.5L9@cs.psu.edu>
- Organization: The Dawghaus BBS, Palmerston North, New Zealand (+64 6 357 9245)
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- fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:
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- > In article <9aXqwB4w165w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz> dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kenn
- > |For some reason rmail is doing nasty things to addresses with % hacks in
- > |them.
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- Yes, this is happening from within waffle
- I use an Qedit as my console editor though.....
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- > |Anyone know how to deal with this problem?
- >
- > Yes, don't let 4DOS get a hold of it. Read the section in DOS.DOC entitled
- > o I am running 4DOS or Norton NDOS and addresses with %'s act funny.
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- Arrrgh! Tripped up by *&^~%@!# NDOS! (Sounds of self-flagellation :-)
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- Thanks - I installed NDOS about 2 months after upgrading to waffle 1.65
- and had completely forgotten about those notes.
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- Now the next question is how to get NDOS to ignore % hacks, as I don't
- particularly want to have to manually set the address when I reply to
- an address using them......
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- dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz Palmerston North
- Dawghaus BBS -> +64 (6) 357-9245 New Zealand
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