tin, leafnode and gecos field

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

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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