steve@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk (Steve Platt) (03/14/90)
I think I asked this before, but I can't remember if an answer came over... In UK-sendmail 1.4a, there was a rule that said :- | R$+ at $+ $1@$2 " at " -> "@" for RFC 822 The problem is that sendmail/lib/usr/ (pathname in WORLD ORDER!) seems to be no respecter of spaces and although the above line does work as intended; translating addresses like "user at site" into "user@site"; it also has the side effect of translating "user@AT.site" (Austria) into "user@@.site" (nowhere much use!). In UK-Sendmail 2.1, an attempt to get round this is to escape the spaces:- | R$+\ at\ $+ $1@$2 " at " -> "@" for RFC 822 Although this prevents the "AT" domain getting translated it also prevents the "user at site" translation from occuring, as far as I can see. Obviously the same result could be obtained by deleting the rule! SO did someone get it working, perhaps on a different sendmail? Should anyone worry (I assume that the " at " use is uncommon these days)? This is all with sunos 4.0.3's own sendmail. Many thanks for any (possibly repeated) attention you are giving this one. Steve platt