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- From: syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: fullname doesn't seem to work
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 13:13:18 -0500
- Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA
- Lines: 19
- Message-ID: <1hcujuINNst2@dsinc.dsi.com>
- References: <1992Dec23.145457.1133@cs.tulane.edu> <1had81INN51d@dsinc.dsi.com> <1992Dec23.224749.21154@netcom.com>
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- ekman@netcom.com (Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear) writes:
-
- >In article <1had81INN51d@dsinc.dsi.com> syd@DSI.COM writes:
- >>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.
-
- >The 'fullname' line in my elmrc file is resolutely ignored, but I got
- >around that problem by setting a NAME environment variable to what I
- >wanted to have appear in my mail.
-
- That will work with SOME MTA's (some sendmails in particular) but not all.
- So don't be surprised if it doesn't work on any particular system.
- --
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- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL17
- Datacomp Systems, Inc. Projected 3.0 Release: ??? ?,1994
- syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd Voice: (215) 947-9900, FAX: (215) 938-0235
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