[Mimedefang] special shell chars ?

Tim Kramer kramer.tim at cox.net
Sat Jun 15 10:03:59 EDT 2002


If I remember correctly (not much experience yet), the "&"
is not valid for use in e-mail addresses.

- Tim


On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 04:41, Jeremy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I got these messages in my logs.  Is mimedefang doing the right thing with
> the special chars in the address?  Vdeliver certainly doesn't like them.
> 
> I'm using mimdefang 2.11, as shipped setup.
> 
> Jun 15 14:38:11 australis sendmail[20941]: g5F6c8320941:
> from=<leads&sales8794 at Flashmail.com>, size=2208, class=0, nrcpts=1,
> msgid=<20020615062836.TQC3569.priv-edtnes11-hme0.telusplanet.net at rachel>,
> proto=ESMTP, daemon=Daemon0, relay=fepout3.telus.net [199.185.220.238]
> Jun 15 14:38:15 australis mimedefang.pl[20942]: filter: g5F6c8320941:
> accept_with_warning=1
> Jun 15 14:38:15 australis vdeliver[20947]: Email address with shell special
> chars rejected: leads&sales8794 at Flashmail.com
> 
> 
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