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Re: Setting the From: header in slrn
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lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp
Date: 
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:41:12 GMT
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JSPROAT@IO.COMspamcake
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:36:08 GMT, guito <guito@guito.dhs.org> wrote:
put these lines in your ~/.slrnrc file:
[...]
you might have to reverse the values of username and realname, but .. i
think i have it right.  good luck.  :)

Actually, the problem was coming from the fact that slrn uses () instead of <>
to separate the two, and the order *is* reversed.  Here's what I ended up
doing:

In .slrnrc:

  interpret "lugnet_macros.sl"

in lugnet_macros.sl:

  define make_from_string_hook ()
  {
     return "\"Sproaticus\" <jsproat@io.com>";
  }

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Uh, two.  Including this one.



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  Re: Setting the From: header in slrn
 
(...) or, you could do it that way, too. :) any idea how to change the messageid header? (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  Re: Setting the From: header in slrn
 
(...) put these lines in your ~/.slrnrc file: hostname "io.com" set username "jsproat" set realname" Sproaticus" you'll probably also want the 'set custom_headers "X-Real-Life-Name: your name here"', too, if you don't already have it. you might have (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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