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Re: Another smail question or two



If I recall correctly, pine lets you specify the address you want used in 
the From field.

Dennis
> 
> I have a dialup-ppp connection with an Internet Service Provider.  My
> usename at the ISP is jhspies while I use js as a username on my own machine
> (which is not part of a network).  I call my computer johann.
> 
> What happened now was that mail I sent using Elm, had the following addres
> in the "from"-field:  js@johann.nis.za.  The correct address is
> jhspies@ilink.nis.za. (ilink is my ISP).
> Then I reconfigured smail and put ilink in the place of the local host.
> That helped a little bit.  Then the adress was js@ilink.nis.za.
> 
> Do I have to use the same username on my computer than I use at the ISP?  If
> not, how do I correct the problem?  
> 
> Can somebody help please?
> 
> Johann Spies
> jhspies@ilink.nis.za> 
> 

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