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- From: Helge.Oldach@Stollmann.DE (Helge Oldach)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
- Subject: Re: Problem with apostrophe in mail address
- Message-ID: <zcdng3c@Stollmann.DE>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 07:11:37 GMT
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- makey@VisiCom.COM (Jeff Makey) writes:
- | Any idea why uuxqt barfs on an address with an apostrophe in it?
- | [...]
- | uuxqt cmd (rmail O'Name@valid.domain.name ) status (DENIED)
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- Most probably because the apostrophe is a /bin/sh metacharacter and
- uuxqt forks a shell to execute the rmail command. Or, your uuxqt
- examines the command string for special characters and refuses to
- execute obscure commands. (This is a security feature.)
- --
- Helge.Oldach@Stollmann.DE
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