Problems with dots in From: fields (fwd)

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From: Richard.Hopkins
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 1990 14:45

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Apologies if you've already received a copy of this. I haven't, so assume
that the list was temporarily screwed up.

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| Date: Wed, 26 Sep 90 16:11:11 BST
| To: uk-sendmail-workers@hw.cs
| Subject: Problems with dots in From: fields
| 
| Hi - we've also fallen victim to the "problem with dots in From: fields"
| problem. Has anyone come up with a solution to the problem yet? If not,
| does the change in the "Dq" definition suggested below (UK-sendmail 2.1)
| do the necessaries without jeopardising aything else?
| 
| Instead of the usual...
| 
| Dq$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.
| 
| How's about ...
| 
| Dq$?x\"$x\" <$g>$|$g$.
| 
| Richard Hopkins
|

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