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Re: bug in ^TO_ macro: character '+' *is* allowed in emails

2004-11-26 05:16:53
By yourself. Just fill a variable with the expression
that you prefer, and use that one. Or even change it
in procmail's source and recompile.

I know it's possible to do that...

You can not change ^TO_ just like that: it is being used.
Of course you could add a ^TO__ to procmail that works
differently from ^TO_, and that has even been done before.

I understand.

the question is:

would fixing the macro actually break many procmailrc files that knowingly
assume that ^TO_ will catch the last part of email addresses that contains
characters like + and = ?

or would it in fact fix many procmailrc files that use ^TO_ blindly,
assuming that it can catch the following term only if it is one of the
destination address, which is when the documentation suggests ?

but i understand that it will never be fixed, because of the risks.  too bad
it was not defined a bit "better" to begin with!

then maybe the documentation or man page should list this problem in the
caveats or bug list ?

-t


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