Re: [Exim] local_part check - illegal characters

On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 01:40:34PM +0300, Odhiambo G. Washington wrote:
> I am writing to seek clarification on why a '/' is percieved as an illegal
> character within a local part. Maybe it's in RFC (2)822 but I did not go
> all the way and read it.

It's not RFC2822 or RFC822 invalid, but it's probably a good indication
that someone's trying to do some attack to overwrite on your MTA's disk.
(cf defence in depth).

MBM

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