Topic: Sending an email with an & in the address

[Dan Grant]

When I send an email through my e-smith server to an email address with an "&" symbol in the address line, it gets returned from the isp.
The "&" in the address is replaced with "^x26"
No wonder it gets returned !!     The E-Smith server seems to be changing this, as when sending the email direct to my ISP Mail server it works fine.

Is there a Fix for this ??

Any comments would be appreciated.

Cheers
Dan Grant

[WXP]

I've got an idea...

try to put a "\" before the "&"

Please tell me back if it worked !!! I have to know it

Thanx

[Dan Grant]

Didn't work sorry...
The "\"  returned "^x5c"
and "&" returns as "^x6c"

There must be something in qmail to allow an "&" through

Dan.

[Gordon Rowell]

Dan Grant wrote:
>
> Didn't work sorry...
> The "\"  returned "^x5c"
> and "&" returns as "^x6c"
>
> There must be something in qmail to allow an "&" through
>
> Dan.

Just to clarify, this is _not_ a qmail bug.

We use Obtuse SMTPD in front of qmail, and the bug is there.

We have fixed it in the SME Server V5 release, and will be
looking to put out an update for 4.1.2 when we have been able
to test proper working with 4.1.2

An upgrade of the obtuse-smtpd RPM to the one in the
SME Server V5 image should fix the problem, but this has not
been tested at this stage.

Gordon