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Re: tin, leafnode and gecos field
- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 21:29:52 -0400
- Subject: Re: tin, leafnode and gecos field
- References: <463DDE2F.30710.6543720@wess.acegroup.cc>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Wes S wrote:
> I was working on getting tin to post using leafnode and kept getting
> an invalid sender header message when I tried to post.
>
> U-BAREFOOT\News kept coming up I didn't have that anywhere in tin
> configuration. After poking around I saw that U-BAREFOOT\news is in
> the passwd gecos field. I changed it to news and now tin posts using
> leafnode.
>
> Is there likely going to be a side effect from doing this elsewhere
> in cygwin?
No. Cygwin doesn't use the domain name portion really.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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