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   August Abolins to All   
   eTransfer msg section, pretty lame   
   16 Nov 21 18:52:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet f679aae1   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.50 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   An eTransfer typically allows for entering a short message of     
   up to 400 chars.  For a recent eTransfer, I found it important     
   to enter something to reference the billing statement that I am     
   paying for.  My typical message was something like this:   
      
       This payment is for the "60-90 days" portion of the   
       statement dated 11/15/21.   
      
   But that triggered an error message:   
      
   "There appears to be an error! All errors must be corrected   
   before continuing."   
      
       Please enter a valid message. It must not exceed 400   
       characters and contain only letters, numbers, and the   
       characters . ! @ / ; : , ' = $ ^ ? * ( ). It must not   
       contain the words http:, https:, www., javascript,   
       function, return.   
      
   In this case it seemed that the quote char and the dash was not     
   on the allowed list.  Now, I'm just wondering WHY would a quote     
   or dash char need to be treated differently and excluded from a     
   valid set?   
      
   Likewise, why would even a simple word like function or return     
   be a problem for a message block?   When the system dedicates a     
   400 char block for a message, why can't the system simply treat     
   that content as a benign group of chars and ignore any     
   "functionality" implied with http: https: or www, etc?   
      
   Could there be hacking vectors that haven't been solved in the     
   eTransfer system?   
      
   --- OpenXP 5.0.50   
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