Russell Nelson wrote:

> echo '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >~alias/.qmail-who:am:i
> 
> When a filename is constructed, dots are replaced with colons.  This
> prevents tricks with ../../../, while still allowing the use of
> ".qmail-foo/bar".

Do the slashes get translated, or can they be used to do tricks with
subdirectories?

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