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Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:19:06 +0200

Christopher Kerr <address@hidden> wrote:
> After being burned by using `head -c6 /dev/urandom | base64` as part of a
> directory name, I realised that it would be useful if base64 had an option to
> generate URL and Filename safe encodings, as specified in RFC 3548 section 4.
>
> This would make
> cat FILE | base64 --filename-safe
> equivalent to
> cat FILE | base64 | tr '+/' '-_'
> using the current coreutils tools.

Christopher,

In case you read via means other than direct mail,
[because my reply to you bounced]
this is to inform you that your mail server (Cambridge's)
is *still* rejecting mail from my static IP based on a single
bogus MAPS RBL entry that includes the entire 82.230.0.0/16 network:

  <address@hidden>: host mx.cam.ac.uk[131.111.8.149] said: 550-82.230.74.64 is
      listed at rbl-plus.mail-abuse.ja.net; See 550
      http://mail-abuse.com/cgi-bin/lookup?82.230.74.64 (in reply to RCPT TO
      command)

I've encountered/reported the same problem numerous times for your
domain over the last year or so.

Maybe you can help someone understand that this is not good
for the University's reputation.

Jim




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