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Subject: Re: "[" in mailing list makes entry loop.
From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 09:01:27 CST

Why does an address of "[wsfyzpublic.bta.net.cn ]"hgmp.mrc.ac.uk
fail in alias lookup? What kind of alias database are you using?

        Wietse

Geoff Gibbs:
> I have just had a problem with an erroneous mailing list entry.
>
> The list was an alias pointing to an entry of the form
>
> listname :include:listfile,archivefile
>
> The entry in listfile had a "[" in the username part, i.e.
>
> :
> bjs[wsfyzpublic.bta.net.cn
> bjswsfyzpublic.bta.net.cn
> :
>
> The effect was that the message got stuck in the queue, appending to
> the archive file each time round.
>
> Mailq reported "(alias database unavailable)"
>
> and showed an address of :-
>
> "[wsfyzpublic.bta.net.cn ]"hgmp.mrc.ac.uk
>
> Is this expected behaviour or should it be trapped?
>
> Removing the erroneous entry from listfile soon cleared the problem.
>
> All the best
>
> Geoff
>
> UK-Human Genome Mapping Project-Resource Centre,
> Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SB, UK
> Tel: +44 1223 494530 Fax: +44 1223 494512 E-mail: G.Gibbshgmp.mrc.ac.uk
>
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