On 9/16/2004 8:15, "Ian Eiloart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --On Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:04 am -0700 "John W. Baxter" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 9/12/2004 20:15, "Al Mellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> we are having a problem with the following type of email address >>> >>> weincek_g/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> it seems that the forward slash is having mailman listserv reject this >>> email address and any others loke it. Is there a way around it? >>> >> >> Well, the address is legal per the RFCs. Some MTAs protect themselves >> against the damage such addressing can do (eg, when computing a local >> part's mail directory path, and the address is crafted to do harm) by >> disallowing it in their default configurations. >> > > Yep, if you are on pretty much any linux/unix/macosx system, then using a > slash in a list name is asking for trouble. My *guess* is that the Mailman > code would prohibit it. After all, Mailman uses the list name as a file or > directory name in several places. But that / isn't in the list name, it is in the local part of a (would-be) subscribed address. At least as I read the question. I would indeed expect Mailman to prohibit a / in a list name. --John ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
