On 10/09/01 at 13:59, David Muszynski wrote:
> Global Homes Webmaster imposed structure on a stream of electrons yielding:
>
> > <postmaster%*@blacklisted> = webmaster
> > <abuse%*@blacklisted> = webmaster
>
> I've always just gone with the general consensus with setting up things like
> this but I guess I should actually take the time to ask...
>
> What function does the percent sign play?
It allows you to specify complex addresses, where the part to the left of the
'@' also contains a domain name. The '%' takes the place of the '@' for the
'nested' address. So if you were to represent the 'nesting' with parentheses,
'postmaster%*@blacklisted' would be '(postmaster@*)@blacklisted'. A more
generalized application of this is what gives rise to the so-called 'percent
hack' spam relay that one of the v1.8 betas (I think, or was it in 1.7?)
closed for us.
Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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