On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Mark McArthey wrote: > Hi all, > > Just wondering about the code snippet presented below. > I may be wrong, but don't we have a recipe for disaster if > someone were to put an email address of (for instance) ;rm -rf * > or something to that effect? Ofcoz you have to make sure the email addr. people type looks valid. And ; and * in it would be a no-no :) I just wrote that system() message to show how to get around not lagging the MUD when using system()... --- Erik Niese-Petersen Aka Quint The typo God Realms of Darkness IMP [matrix.xiii.com 6666. Playertesting/Modifying] +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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