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Subject: Re: Mj2: Re: Making Mail Interactions Easier
From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ math . uh . edu>
Date: 02 Oct 2000 12:00:51 -0500
To: majordomo-workers @ GreatCircle . COM, mj2-dev @ csf . colorado . edu
In-reply-to: SRE's message of "Mon, 02 Oct 2000 09:28:38 -0700"
References: <"Roger B.A. Klorese"'s message of "Mon, 2 Oct 2000 08:22:11 -0700 (PDT)"> <Pine.BSI.4.21.0010020820240.23010-100000@castro.queernet.org> <4.3.1.0.20001002092400.00c8c4c0@pop.climber.org>
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>>>>> "S" == SRE  <eckert@climber.org> writes:

S> I put all sorts of valid Mj2 commands in there, including some that have
S> real addresses in them, so the user can copy/paste entire lines at a
S> time instead of thinking so much. Unquoting them will cause
S> problems.

Keep in mind that things like AOL-style and tab-style quoting exist and
thus you really have no protection.  The prevalence of '>'-style quoting
only conveniently eliminates some confusion, but it's bad practice to rely
on it.

I recommend always using quotes around commands in the help text, and
explicitly say "(without the quotes)".  This will keep things like
tab-quoting from killing you.

 - J<



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