On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Chris Knipe wrote:
> Firstly, (just for the record) what are all the valid characters that an
> alias or login account can consist of (on a db and unix platform please)?
> I know about [A-Z, a-z, 0-9], what else?
RFC 822 allows almost any characters you like in a local part, provided
they are quoted correctly in header lines, and RFC 821 allows for
quoting most things in envelope local parts.
As far as aliases go, because of the syntax of lsearch files, you cannot
have white space or colons in aliases. (But I suppose you could if you
use a lookup that is not lsearch.)
> Does Exim support MSSQL, and if not, Philip, will you be able to perhaps
> code support for SQL Server if I am able to provide you with the data
> structures / headers for the MSSQL Server? (I think I have both the socket
> and TCP/IP (Port 1433) headers available should it be needed)
I do not like coding anything that I cannot test myself. It is highly
improbable that I would be able to test this. Also, I am not really an
SQL person at all.
The code for both MySQL and pgsql is quite short and either could be
used as a template for another SQL API (unless, of course, MS has chosen
some totally different way of doing things).
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
