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List:       mandrake-security-discuss
Subject:    Re: [Security-Discuss] OT? - Do security settings cause this problem?
From:       Anne Wilson <cannewilson () tiscali ! co ! uk>
Date:       2005-06-22 13:21:23
Message-ID: 200506221421.27601.cannewilson () tiscali ! co ! uk
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On Wednesday 22 Jun 2005 13:10, Michael Scherer wrote:
> It seems that some words in signature or message cause problem on sympa,
> at least at Mandriva.
> Sympa catch those words and trie to interpret them as command, hence the
> error message.
> Maybe it is a sympa bug triggered by a update of the server, or some
> other thing ( like a change in a filter that modify a mail in such a way
> that the error is triggered ). This type of error are quite hard to track
> down, unless you take one person to read the log and code for some days.
>
Yes, I realise that - I've met it before.  Each time I tried, I changed more 
words on the off-chance that they were causing problems, but to no avail.  
The last one was headed 'Big problems' and the body said
<quote>
Can someone please send off-list the email address of any expert who may
be able to resurrect my filesystem?  Thanks
</quote>

True, my ISP had added a footer, but I don't think Doug's messages carried 
any footer or sig lines, so I'm inclined to think that it wasn't that.

> I am neither a admin, nor a sympa expert, maybe the question should be
> asked on sympa user list ?
>
Maybe, but I think it is a Mandriva issue.

Anne
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