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From: rob@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Resolution: Name on outgoing mail
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.050952.11197@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US>
Date: 11 Apr 91 05:09:52 GMT
Organization: Mt. Diablo Software Solutions
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FYI on an old issue:

A while back someone pointed out that her full name in the From: header
of mail she sent with ELM had her name in a different form than listed
in her .elmrc file. It turned out she corrected this by changing the
gcos field in her passwd entry.

I posted that I thought it was a bug that the .elmrc fullname did not
override the gcos field of the passwd entry.  It turns out I was sorta
wrong.  The .elmrc fullname *does* override the gcos field.  **But**, if
you have elm configured to use sendmail, you will likely have it
configured not to add that From: header, in which case sendmail adds it
and uses the gcos field as a source of your full name.
-- 
Rob Bernardo					Mt. Diablo Software Solutions
email: rob@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US		phone: (415) 827-4301