[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Russell Nelson wrote:
> > 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?
The latter, except that they look funny. You have to have a
subdirectory named .qmail-foo, and you put dot-qmail commands in a
file named bar. And the extension is foo/bar, so you have to send
mail to user-foo/bar.
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