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dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister) writes:

> For some reason rmail is doing nasty things to addresses with % hacks in
> them.
> 
> As an example, mail addressed to foo%bar.uucp@buzz is being sent to
> foo.uucp@buzz
> 
> Anyone know how to deal with this problem?

4dos, right?  Rmail and the Waffle utility suite all know how to handle
command lines so this doesn't happen.  BUT... if you are using a
third-party accessory program that calls rmail, you may see this effect.
It means the external program is passing a command to rmail with the
system() command.  Bad stuff, Maynard!

Dumping 4dos isn't a very good solution.  The most likely candidates are
wrapper programs (like around rmail) and server programs.  Also, you'll
see this if you enter an address directly from the command line.  In
this case, either double the % sign, or preface it with a ^X (or
whatever you've set your 4dos escape character to)
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