Re: configuration question

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

Mark Wade (mwade@suffolk.lib.ny.us) wrote:
: On 15 Aug 1996, Tilghman Lesher wrote:

: > Wade (mwade@newshost.li.net) wrote:

:  : Is there some way I can configure tin to use my full name or am I
:  : limited with this system and have to use what they give me?

: > I went through this problem, too...

: > In your .shrc or .cshrc file, add the following line near the top
: > of the file:

: > setenv NAME 'Mark Wade'
: > setenv ORGANIZATION 'Platypus Systems'  # if you want to change your
: > 					# organization in the header
: >
: > Either of the lines can also be typed from the command line, though
: > it would get tedious to retype it each time...
: >
: > Tilghman


: Tilghman,

: Thanks, but the problem is the system uses a menu driven interface
: so I have no access to a command line or to the shrc file.

: I think I've worked around the problem by using pine to post to csa2.
: I _can_ configure pine easily enough and while it's cludgy reading
: with tin and posting with pine, it works.  At least the post with
: the subject line 'resistance is futile' worked, hopefully this will
: too.

Mark:

Mailto 'root' and ask them if you can have this changed.  It probably
will require less than a minute of their time, unless they've configured
an automatic system which doesn't allow for customization.

And if their system won't allow it, you've probably gotten an account
on a system which if it crashes, it'll be down for a long time.  Better
start looking for a better system  :-).

Tilghman