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echo: muffin
to: Peter Knapper
from: Bo Simonsen
date: 2003-10-18 22:56:24
subject: Maximus message editing

PK> Hi Bo,

Hi Peter,

[Filecase about MESSAGE.mnu]

 BS> We might be able to correct for it. Just adding a extra 
 BS> configuration parameter or? What would you propose.

 PK> If I remember correctly, Scott was a little worried 
 PK> about one aspect of the QWK environment that _MIGHT_ 
 PK> allow a QWK user to do "bad things" to the BBS, the end 
 PK> result was part of the reason for the hard coded menu 
 PK> name. I really wish I still had his reply, it was quite 
 PK> involved...

 PK> As for proposing something, well I don't know, I guess 
 PK> it depends on how configurable the system is in that 
 PK> area and what dangers may exist for external data (IE a 
 PK> QWK packet) to modify the way the BBS worked.

Hmm.. Okay I really can't see how it should affect this.. I mean then
you're uploading a QWK package, Maximus is only reading the package, and if
it's good then it stores it to the message base..

Nothing is beeing executed or so..

Regards,
Bo
 

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