trn posting problem

[blair.kelly@att.net]

I am using Debian 2.2r2 (potato) and am having a problem
posting with trn (trn_3.6-13_i386) that apt-get installed.
I am using trn while connected to my ISP (in other words,
I am reading news off of my ISP's news server).

I attempt to post via

: 
: End of newsgroup misc.test
:
: What next? f   [Minor question - Is there any other way to post?]
:
: Subject: test
: Distribution: world
:
: Are you absolutely sure you want to do this? y
:
: [Edit article]
:
: Check spelling, Send, Abort, Edit, or List? s

but then I get

: inews: From header: address syntax error
: 
: inews: article in /home/bfkelly/dead.article

Here is what I see in dead.article

: Newsgroups: misc.test
: Path: not-for-mail
: From: Blair Kelly <bfkelly@hypathia>
: Subject: test
: Date: 15 Jan 2001 08:24:19 GMT
: Organization: home
: Lines: 2
: Reply-To: blair.kelly@att.net
: Message-ID: <g773cj.4t5@hypathia>
: 
: Test 1

Looking at the "From:" line I see my name, my local user
name and my hostname.  The address after the @ sign is
suspicious because it does not have any dot in it.  Yet I
can not find any trn environment variable that lets me set
the From: line or any discussion in the documentation as
to how the From: line is set.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Blair Kelly
blair.kelly@att.net