On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 01:58:07PM -0600, Simon Wood wrote: > I understand the sentiment of the check (preventing spam, etc.) > however I think that "'" shouldn't be included as it's a real > character that is used in names. > > I'm sure my wife's correspondant (Miss O'Brien) would agree :-)
It is, however, pretty exotic to use that character in mail addresses. Please note that "Miles O'Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" would be legal as our check only applies to the actual mail address. ' is a shell metacharacter and could be dangerous in cases where mail addresses are used in scripts. > We ought to consider that Debian is moving more mainstream and thus to > less astute administrators (such as myself). Which is why we'd like to fail to the safe side. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
