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From: ianh@bhpmrl.oz.au (Ian Hoyle)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: configurable delimiters needed in aliases file for x.400 addresses
Message-ID: <1585@merlin.bhpmrl.oz.au>
Date: 11 Jul 90 00:24:55 GMT
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It would be nice to have user configurable delimiters used for aliases. This
is because embedded ='s in x.400 addresses break the alias expansion
producing incorrect addresses. eg

bhp = bhp keylink = /C=AU/ADMD=TELEMEMO/O=BHP/G=BHP/S=MELBOURNE/@murtoa

will produce a To: field of

To: MELBOURNE/@murtoa (bhp keylink = /C=AU/ADMD=TELEMEMO/O=BHP/G=BHP/S)

which is clearly wrong. Instead of being forced to use ='s why not let the
delimiter be set as an option, say a '#'.

			ian
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                Ian Hoyle
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