Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!chip From: chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Alias suggestion for ELM Message-ID: <1969@chinacat.Unicom.COM> Date: 29 Apr 91 23:59:34 GMT References: <1991Apr29.085633.8393@cs.ruu.nl> <1991Apr29.150412.5589@cs.dal.ca> Distribution: na Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX Lines: 13 In article <1991Apr29.150412.5589@cs.dal.ca> silvert%biome@cs.dal.ca writes: >This is a nice idea. It would be particularly useful for users >who have lots of aliases on a machine where sysadmin has opted for small >limits on alias files. The fact that the alias files have any size limit at all is an artifact of the hashing scheme. If the alias system is totally gutted and replaced in the next release, as has been threatened, I would expect that the size limitations will be gone. I dunno for sure, though... -- Chip Rosenthal 512-482-8260 | Unicom Systems Development | I saw Elvis in my wtmp file. |