>>>>> "Roger" == Roger Espel Llima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Roger> # limit allowed characters in email addresses
Roger> $to =~ tr/-a-zA-Z0-9_+%$.,:!@=()[]//cd;
This is neither necessary nor sufficient. Please stop with this nonsense.
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*
* An email address can have ANY CHARACTER OF THE PRINTABLE ASCII SEQUENCE.
*
* An email address NEVER NEEDS TO GET NEAR A SHELL, so ALL CHARACTERS
* ARE SAFE.
*
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Clear?
Man, if I see ONE MORE script that checks for a "legal email", I'm gonna
scream. Matter of fact, I already did. :)
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