Why are local users "anonymous"?

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From: Bill Irwin
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 1991 10:56

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When  mailing  an article, or using "recmail" to send  mail,  the
message  always  arrives "From anonymous", rather than  the  user
name  of  the  sender.   After rereading TFM  I  can't  spot  any
configuration parameters that would control this.

It  seems that recmail can't determine the name of the sender and
substitutes "anonymous" instead.  Any ideas?

Thanks.
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Bill Irwin    -       The Westrheim Group     -    Vancouver, BC, Canada
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From: bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin)
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Subject: Why are local users "anonymous"?
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Date: 2 Jan 91 10:56:16 GMT
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