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Article #1212Re: How to get visible_name to work?
From: Mark C. DiVecchio (K3FWT)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:42
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:42
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In article <1992Sep13.070606.27825@Veritas.COM> tron@Veritas.COM (Ronald S. Karr) writes:
>In article <1992Sep12.014606.12754@silogic.uucp> markd@silogic.uucp (Mark C. DiVecchio (K3FWT)) writes:
>>I've had no luck fixing the problem though. Here is a header generated
>>by smail 3.1.19 (X and tab added) :
>>
>>X From: Mark DiVecchio (K3FWT) <markd@pgsn1.sony.com>
>>
>Smail3.1, until recently, has not been able to From generate lines such
>as this. Either you have a modified version of smail3, or elm generated
>the From line itself. The former case is certainly possible, since
>there were quite a few unofficial 3.1.19 variants that floated around.
>However, even if you were running an unofficial variant, it is doubtful
>that your config file could generate such a From line. Most likely the
>culprit is elm. I suggest you check your elm compilation-time and run-
>time configuration files.
>--
> tron |-<=>-| ARPAnet: veritas!tron@apple.com
> tron@veritas.com UUCPnet: {apple,pyramid}!veritas!tron
BINGO!
To all net.helpers: my problem indeed was that I needed to configure elm
to 'hardwire' the host name and not use uname or hostname.
Thanks to all who replied.
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Mark DiVecchio, Silogic Systems, 619-549-9841 K3FWT
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!pacbell.com!network.ucsd.edu!sdcrsi!silogic!markd From: markd@silogic.uucp (Mark C. DiVecchio (K3FWT)) Subject: Re: How to get visible_name to work? Message-ID: <1992Sep14.034222.4433@silogic.uucp> Organization: Silogic Systems, San Diego, CA References: <1992Sep12.014606.12754@silogic.uucp> <1992Sep13.070606.27825@Veritas.COM> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:42:22 GMT Lines: 30