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Article #3351Re: sendmail parsing questions: "%"
From: Bruce G. Barnett
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1989 10:54
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1989 10:54
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In article <237@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> I (Bruce G. Barnett) wrote: > R$*<$+>$* $1$2$3 I meant to write R$*<$+>$* $2 Sigh. Steve@nuchat.UUCP says: > If you see something >like > R$*<$*>$* $2 basic RFC822 parsing >near the beginning of S3 it is a no-op. I had no idea. no WONDER people don't understand sendmail files! Look at the sendmail file distributed in Ultrix 3.0 in ruleset 3: R$*<$*<$*<$+>$*>$*>$* $4 3-level <> nesting R$*<$*<$+>$*>$* $3 2-level <> nesting R$*<$+>$* $2 basic RFC821/822 parsing So these lines are complete garbage? There must be some reason why they are there. Perhaps earlier versions were different? Or is this to catch bad rules? -- Bruce G. Barnett <barnett@crdgw1.ge.com> a.k.a. <barnett@[192.35.44.4]> uunet!steinmetz!barnett, <barnett@steinmetz.ge.com>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!rpi!crdgw1!crdgw1.ge.com!barnett From: barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: sendmail parsing questions: "%" Message-ID: <279@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 29 Apr 89 10:54:16 GMT References: <701@arisia.Xerox.COM> <1410011@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> <237@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <7306@nuchat.UUCP> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 28 In-reply-to: steve@nuchat.UUCP (Steve Nuchia)