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Re: rmail not accepting % hacks

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From: Steve Harding KA6ETB
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 00:09
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In <kRcTwB3w165w@cybrspc.UUCP> roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:
>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!

Actually, it may not be a 4dos problem.  It could be that bar.uucp is
incorrectly listed in the paths file.  Should be listed thusly:

bar		buzz!bar.uucp!%s
bar.uucp	buzz!bar.uucp!%s

This'll force anything sent to bar to go to buzz with the correct address.

Then again...if it is 4dos then your suggestion is correct.

Question:  did 1.65 solve the stamp file problem with 4dos?  (I am not
a user.)

steve

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From: steveh@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US (Steve Harding KA6ETB)
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Subject: Re: rmail not accepting % hacks
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Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 16:09:14 -0800
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