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From: SCHAFER@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (Richard A. Schafer)
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Subject: Re: setting NAMES in MAILUSER XEDIT
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Date: 5 Feb 90 05:10:37 GMT
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In-Reply-To:  Message of Sat, 3 Feb 90 20:28:21 EST from <TOMHO@PURCCVM>

On Sat, 3 Feb 90 20:28:21 EST Thomas I. M. Ho said:
>In MAILUSER XEDIT, I want to specify several names files in addition to
>userid.  I'm trying to set up a "generic" MAILUSER XEDIT for all of my
>users so that each user doesn't have to put his own userid literally into
>his own copy of MAILUSER XEDIT, i.e. I want to use:
>     SETMAIL NAMES USERID()
>
>However, I can't seem to get MAIL to recognize any other NAMES files that
>I put in!  How do I do that?
I really don't understand this at all.

1. Things you want to set for everyone by default should be put into
   MAILSYS XEDIT, not MAILUSER XEDIT.

2. What you're saying you want to do is *already* the default behavior!
   (assuming that the user actually *has* a names file, of course.)

3. SETMAIL NAMES USERID() should setup things so that the user's own
   names file is used.  What do you mean "any other NAMES files"?

Richard