Re: [EXIM] pipe-transport

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Author: Rudolf Kompf
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Subject: Re: [EXIM] pipe-transport
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Philip Hazel wrote:

-> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:25:09 +0100 (BST)
-> From: Philip Hazel <ph10@???>
-> To: Rudolf Kompf <kompf@???>
-> Cc: exim-mailing-list <exim-users@???>
-> Subject: Re: [EXIM] pipe-transport
-> 
-> On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Rudolf Kompf wrote:
-> 
-> > Some users use the .forward to pipe to a shell-command which appends to
-> > the user's INBOX (e.g. /var/mail/$USER). I think this is illegal.
-> > How can I forbid it?
-> 
-> forbid_pipe on the forwardfile director
-> 
-> -- 
-> Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
-> ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
-> 


Is your recommendation valid if the user $USER excutes in his shell-script
such as

           cat anyfile >> /var/mail/$USER


???

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