On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Richard Menedetter wrote: > I have the same problem, but no solution .... :((( > It seems that the user part of the email address is allways the current > user, and thet there's no way to change that :( Steve Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> responded: } This is desirable. Imagine you're running an ISP and your }customers can simply change their e-mail names at will. Many }would believe they could send anonymous mail, and might be tempted }to send spam under an assumed name, which you, the administrator }would then have to deal with. } } I was [EMAIL PROTECTED] for 8 years, so of course my main }Linux identity is stackman. I go by [EMAIL PROTECTED] now, }but since pine will always call me stackman, the *easiest* way to }use pine for arachne mail is simply to subscribe as }[EMAIL PROTECTED] An ISP can tell who sent the spam by which account, as determined by login, password and assigned IP address, dialed in. So if I called myself [EMAIL PROTECTED], or if Pine called me [EMAIL PROTECTED], and sent a bundle of spam, they'd know who really done it. If I sent a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], would it reach the correct destination? Can you receive mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Pine? Now I downloaded Pine 4.30 for OS/2 but haven't set it up yet.
