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From: rob@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Name on my outgoing mail
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.160154.15002@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US>
Date: 27 Mar 91 16:01:54 GMT
References: <1991Mar26.002447.23937@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1991Mar26.205527.9304@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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repnomar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Janet M. Lafler) wrote:
>In article <1991Mar26.002447.23937@leland.Stanford.EDU> repnomar@leland.Stanford.EDU (janet lafler) writes:
>
>>I have a problem with the name that goes out on my mail.  It goes out as
>>"janet lafler" (no caps).  In my elmrc the full name for outgoing mail is
>>set as "Janet Lafler" (with caps).   Does anyone have a clue how this could
>>be?  Please e-mail me if you have any suggestions, since I don't generally
>>read this newsgroup.
>
>I've gotten a lot of responses (Thanks!) and the problem is now fixed.  It 
>turned out that I needed to change my name in the /passwd/ entry.

I think this is a bug anyway. The fullname value in the elmrc perhaps was
meant to override the gcos field of the passwd entry.
-- 
Rob Bernardo					Mt. Diablo Software Solutions
email: rob@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US		phone: (415) 827-4301