Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!fletcher
From: fletcher@cs.utexas.edu (Fletcher Mattox)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: Re: mush vs X.400
Message-ID: <10702@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 31 Jul 90 14:57:32 GMT
References: <9007310155.AA22104@cse.ogi.edu>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Barton E. Schaefer writes:
=On Jul 30, 11:12pm, Fletcher Mattox wrote:
=} Subject: mush vs X.400
=}
=} We're starting to see addresses on the From: line like:
=} 
=} 	/PN=whoever/O=foo/ADMD=telemail/C=us/@sprint.com
=} 
=} Mush wants to parse this address as a filename.  Whoops.
=

=Change line 398 to either omit the '/' comparison or to do a more
=sophisticated check such as:
=
=   398                  *file == '|' || *file == '/' && !index(file, '=')) {
=
=In fact, I think I'll put that latter one into patch #3, unless someone
=can suggest a better heuristic.

I guess I'd rather see @ checked than =.  More in the spirit of rfc822.
Even though most MTAs will disallow mail to files, /etc/passwd@big.edu
is still a legitimate address which the = check would disallow.  :-)

No biggie, though.  I'll settle for =.