Re: [Exim] Dots in local parts

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Peter N Lewis wrote:

> Yeah, I guess that was the issue - if the admin's ignore it and if it
> then tries to deliver mail to some random .file which might be a
> large binary file for instance, it could compromise the system.

Eh? Why would it try to deliver to a random .file? Surely you configure
Exim to check the local part before letting it deliver?

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