Phishing net doesn't like backslashes...

[Julian Field]

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Please try this patch for Message.pm:

-----SNIP-----
--- Message.pm.old 2005-04-05 22:11:00.000000000 +0100
+++ Message.pm        2005-04-06 20:24:49.396377737 +0100
@@ -4729,6 +4729,7 @@
   #print STDERR "Was $linkurl\n";
   $linkurl = "" unless $linkurl =~ /[.\/]/; # Ignore if it is not a
website at all
   $linkurl =~ s/\s+//g; # Remove any whitespace
+  $linkurl =~ s/\\/\//g; # Change \ to / as many browsers do this
   #print STDERR "Is $linkurl\n";
   $linkurl = "" if $linkurl =~ /\@/ && $linkurl !~ /\//; # Ignore emails
   #$linkurl =~ s/(\<\/?[^>]*\>)*//ig; # Remove tags
-----SNIP-----

Seems to work for me. Let me know how you get on.

John Wilcock wrote:

>> <a href="http:\\www.example.com"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has
>> detected a possible fraud attempt from "http:\\www.example.com" claiming
>> to be</b></font> http:\\www.example.com</a>
>
>
> Not that backslashes should ever be used in URIs, of course, but they
> are occasionally seen in practice and are totally harmless.
>
> John.
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