[sork] Re: Backquotes in parser (now backslashes)

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting Espen Jürgensen <espen at hhkol.dk>:

> I realize now that I could be misunderstanding you. I interpret backquotes
> as backticks (`), but perhaps you meant backslashes (\). I have never seen

Yes, sorry, I should have been more clear.  I do mean backslashes.

> Currently, the parser interprets them like this:
>
> \user at host.com becomes user at host.com

That could cause mail loops...

> I think this is the correct behavior, since this is how it should be
> presented to the user. If the backslashes are needed, then it is the
> responsability of the function which saves the forward-file to add them, and
> the parser isn't involved in that process (currently).

Well, not exactly.  They get there, via our program, when you click the
"save a copy" type checkbox.  So when we parse that (a backslashed reference
to ourselves) we need to recheck that box.  If it is a backslashed entry
to another address, then we need to preserve that somehow since it would
be from another source than sork...

> Regards,
> Espen

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Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

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