Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Using SMTP and smail Message-ID: <27077405.59B3@tct.uucp> Date: 1 Oct 90 16:51:17 GMT References: <1588@chinacat.Unicom.COM> <1990Sep26.202956.11734@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 12 According to les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell): >Is it safe to let a shell script handle arbitrary addresses passed by >smail 2.5 or can you get shell metacharacters in there with the right >quoting? A carefully-written shell script, or a Perl script, can handle metacharacters in addresses. Incidentally, Deliver rejects any addresses with shell metacharacters before they become delivery script arguments. -- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT ,