On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Alan Thew wrote:
> Philip suggested a while ago:
>
> new_address = ${quote:${local_part}}@???
>
> as the answer to a smartuser issue where quotes were stripped on a local
> part of the form "a*b"@domain
>
> Would using $original_local_part without $quote be better or the same
> here (or worse), given that most $local_part values will be OK?
Worse. A local part that needs quotes but doesn't have them is illegal.
Using quote puts in quotes only if it contains anything other than
alphamerics, underscore, dot, or hyphen.
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