On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 14:46:53 -0400 (EDT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Raquel Rice wrote: > > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:16:28 -0400 > > "Dave Warchol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > In testing, I ran into some issues using a special > > > character (apostrophe) in the list name, this was in > > > an earlier post. Any guidelines to follow when > > > specifying the list name? > > > > Pretty much, a legal filename in *nix. (alphabetic characters, > > numeric characters, underscore "_" and, dash "-") > > Alphanumerics, underscore and dash is a great suggestion, and is > what I use myself, but "a legal filename in *nix" is not such a > great suggestion. At least in the *nixes that I have dealt with > (Solaris, HPUX, and Linux), filenames can contain fun things like > space, tab, "!", "@", "$", "&", "*", parenthesis, braces, bracket, > angle-brackets, "|", control characters ... lots of stuff. (Those > who doubt it, please see below for a small sample.) Some of these > are even legal in e-mail addresses, but "alphanumerics, underscore > and dash" are certainly the most common and least controversial > characters for e-mail addresses and the other places Mailman list > names show up. > > - Andrew
I stand corrected on the "legal filename in *nix". -- Raquel ============================================================ Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. --Albert Einstein ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
