Re: [Exim] Dots in local parts

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Dots in local parts
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 12:11, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
> It does seem sensible to restrict "^\..*" due to traditional mappings
> of email addresses to files on disk, and the traditions of dotfiles,
> which are "hidden" from a normal list, and contain configuration or
> preference information.


I'd go further than that - in general I'd expect local_parts to match
    ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9+:._-]*$


ie leading alphanumeric, followed by alphanumerics and a few special
characters. Definitely avoiding things like /\ shell meta chars etc.

    Nigel.
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