Subject: Re: email username and "From: "
To: Guy Santiglia <robin5153@yahoo.com>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/30/1999 08:21:09
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 robin5153@yahoo.com wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Guy Santiglia wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > That "allow-changing-from"  seems to be missing from
> > > pine 4.10.  I tried adding from to my custome headers,
> > > but it has no effect it seems.  I guess I could change
> > > my user name on this system and chown all my files to the
> > > new name.  
> > >   I'll take a look for that "feature, too.  Thanks
> > > for your help. 
> > > 
> > 
> > the allow-changing-from in pine 4.10 goes in the /usr/pkg/etc/pine.conf
> > file.  Its entered as:
> > 
> > feature-list=l-allow-changing-from
>                ~~
> What does the "l-" do in that item?  I thought that after
> adding that "allow-changing-form" to the /usr/pkg/pine.conf
> file, I might see it in the pine setup/configuration menu,
> but It wasn't there.
oops.  long day, the l- is a typo as you've already figured out.  I think
it never shows up in the config menu because like you said it lets you
"forge" email.  However, if someone checks out the headers in more detail,
they can see what machine it really came from. 

-Dan