NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/mail/elm/3842

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From: [e-mail] (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: fullname doesn't seem to work
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Date: 23 Dec 92 19:04:33 GMT
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[e-mail] (robyn williamson) writes:
>I've been trying to change fullname (the name that appears in parentheses)
>for outgoing mail, and it doesn't seem to work.  Using the o)ptions menu,
>I changed full name to some value different than my name in the passwd
>file.  I exited elm and saw the change in my elmrc.  But when I sent mail,
>it didn't work--the name is parentheses is my name as it appears in the passwd
>file.  We have elm 2.3 PL11 on an RS/6000 and elm 2.3 PL11 on
>a convex also, and the same thing happened on both machines.  Is there
>something else that needs to be changed in my elmrc?  Any help would be
>appreciated!

If Elm adds the From: line, then Elm can control whats on it.  Most likely,
sendmail is adding the From: line, not Elm (Elm configured DONT_ADD_FROM),
and you have no control over the line.  In 2.4 we made the docs a bit clearer
about this.

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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP          Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL17
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