Tom Allison wrote: > > I'm trying to make a little perl script that reads the subject > lines from email.
>From files on your HD or from an SMTP server? > Problem that I see is being able to correctly remove the "bad" > characters, like embedding perl code into the subject line... > > Example: > Subject: Hello `rm -rf /*` have a nice day! > Would, I suspect, be a bad thing to have. > > True? Would it execute? It won't execute unless _you_ execute it, so don't do that. > Is there some safe way to be sure to catch everything? It is just a string like any other string. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]