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- From: fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
- Subject: Re: rmail not accepting % hacks
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- Organization: Penn State Computer Science
- References: <9aXqwB4w165w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 16:56:28 GMT
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- In article <9aXqwB4w165w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz> dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister) writes:
- |For some reason rmail is doing nasty things to addresses with % hacks in
- |them.
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- In what context? From inside Waffle itself, or from inside another program?
-
- |As an example, mail addressed to foo%bar.uucp@buzz is being sent to
- |foo.uucp@buzz
- |
- |Anyone know how to deal with this problem?
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- Yes, don't let 4DOS get a hold of it. Read the section in DOS.DOC entitled
- o I am running 4DOS or Norton NDOS and addresses with %'s act funny.
-
- Bill
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