Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!problem!compus!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: You can't get to Austria from here! Message-ID: <1990Dec7.180244.13049@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 7 Dec 90 18:02:44 GMT References: <1990Dec5.073026.2121@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <1990Dec5.145056.24286@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1990Dec7.172826.2643@engin.umich.edu> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 42 In article <1990Dec7.172826.2643@engin.umich.edu> stealth@caen.engin.umich.edu (Mike Pelletier) writes: >In article <1990Dec5.145056.24286@mp.cs.niu.edu> > rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: >>look for a rule something like the following in 'sendmail.cf': >> >>R$+ at $+ $:$1@$2 >> >>and simply remove that rewrite rule. > >That rule would work properly when given a host.at address, wouldn't it? >It's a rule like: > >R$*at$* $:$1@$2 > >that would mess things up. The dot just before the "at" wouldn't match >the space in the first rewrite rule. I am afraid you are confused on this one. Spaces are not technically part of addresses, so 'sendmail' never 'matches' a space. The space is treated only as a token separator in tokenizing an address, but is never incorporated into any of the tokens. Any address which is rewritten by: R$*at$* $:$1@$2 will be rewritten in exactly the same way by R$* at $* $:$1@$2 In fact both rewrite rules have the identical internal representation once 'sendmail.cf' has been read and converted to internal form. Just remove all such rules. They cause more problems than they solve, and today mail entering the internet with 'at' addresses is quite uncommon. You don't need those rules any more. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115. +1-815-753-6940