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From: mmuegel@fwhnm02.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Mike Muegel)
Subject: Re: wanted: mail user agent that verifies local addresses before sending
Message-ID: <1991Apr21.182511.1077@fwhnm02.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com>
Organization: Cellular Infrastructure Group, Motorola, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
References: <51080@andante.att.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1991 18:25:11 GMT

In article <51080@andante.att.com> mp@allegra.att.com (Mark Plotnick) writes:
>I've been asked to look into modifying /usr/ucb/Mail, or providing a
>replacement for it, so that when a user is sending a message it
>verifies that each destination address is valid before passing the
>message on to the mailer.  If any destination addresses are invalid it
>prompts the user to re-enter them.  Sort of like the 'msg' mailer that

Elm provides a mechanism to do just this. When you configure Elm you have
the option of automaitically expanding local user's name when they are
typed in. Thus, when the user types in:

   To: mmuegel

You get a little status line that says:

   To: Michael S. Muegel

So if you typed wrong it will not expand it and it will just print the 
incorrect login-id and you know you screwed up!

-Mike

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