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Subject: Re: X.400 address 'hostile'
From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk @ unpc . queernet . org>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 1994 00:55:16 -0700
To: Marko Hotti <mhotti @ paju . oulu . fi>
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 08 Sep 1994 09:00:38 +0200. <Pine.SGI.3.90.940908084650.3147G-100000@paju.oulu.fi>

> I've installed the Majordomo 1.92 with success and everything seems
> to be ok. I have, however, encountered one minor problem: Someone 
> tried to subscribe to one of my lists from a commercial mailservice
> (Elisa.fi) which uses X.400 type addresses. I've checked that the
> Internet-type version of the particular X.400 address is correct 
> but Majordomo aborts the subscription process (see Log-file).
> Is the telephone number causing the problem? What can I do - or
> can I do anything?

Addresses with slashes in them were deemed by Brent to be "hostile" because
some buggy mailers would allow outside users to put pathnames in addresses,
creating a security hole.  If you don't think this is a problem (it works
right in most modern mailers), and you need slashes to be valid characters
(for x.400, for example), just comment out the test.
---
ROGER B.A. KLORESE                                          rogerk@QueerNet.ORG
2215-R Market Street #576         San Francisco, CA 94114       +1 415 ALL-ARFF
"There is only one real blasphemy: the refusal of joy."         -- Paul Rudnick



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