Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!sloane From: USENET@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bob Sloane) Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news Subject: Re: POSTING on behalf of non-privileged users Message-ID: <20111@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 19 Dec 89 15:20:30 GMT References: <1607@mail.cut.oz> Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 17 In article <1607@mail.cut.oz>, CSTEVE@mail.cut.oz (Steve Maddocks) writes: > I know I can POST using my own username, but I'll probably score more > than half the REPLIES no matter how many 'Please reply to ...' type > instructions are embedded in the original item. You need to define a logical name NEWS_FROM to be the username you want in the From: header. Note that this must be ONLY THE USERNAME, as the domain will be added to the end of it. Just as an example, I did the following before posting this: $ DEFINE NEWS_FROM USENET Hopefully, the From: line will contain usenet@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu. If not then never mind. :-) -- USmail: Bob Sloane, University of Kansas Computer Center, Lawrence, KS, 66045 E-mail: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu, sloane@ukanvax.bitnet, AT&T: (913)864-0444