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[OT] "Helpful" MUA (Was: wrapper-script & Unable to run qmail-remote)

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Subject: [OT] "Helpful" MUA (Was: wrapper-script & Unable to run qmail-remote)
From: Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:53:43 +0200 (CEST)
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+ Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no>:

| + Kyle Wheeler <kyle-qmail@memoryhole.net>:
| 
| | -rwx–x–x 1 root root  724 2007-04-12 18:29 qmail-remote.sh*
| 
| Only root can run a shell script with those permissions.

Hmm.  I thought those permission looked funny, and now I see what is
happening:  It appears that your email program likes to convert two
hyphens (--) into an en dash (–).  Not at all helpful, on a technical
mailing list.  Maybe not so helpful at all, really ...

- Harald

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