home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU!CARL
- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
- Subject: Re: VMS MAIL personal names / From: lines
- Date: 10 Nov 1992 09:15:17 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
- Lines: 21
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1dnuj5INN3ep@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <0096365E.615FEA60.12219@EIMONI.TUWIEN.AC.AT>
- Reply-To: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
- NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu
-
- In article <0096365E.615FEA60.12219@EIMONI.TUWIEN.AC.AT>, "Franz Schoenbauer,Computer Science,Vienna,Austria, +43-1-58801-4126" writes:
- >I'm using MX V3.1C, VMS 5.5-1 and i have set a personal name in
- >VMS-mail. When i send a message out it appears as
- >
- >From: "Franz Schoenbauer,Computer Science,Vienna,Austria, +43-1-58801-4126"
- ^ ^ ^
- > <system@EIMONI.TUWIEN.AC.AT>
-
- >at the unix box. Is this a valid from line ?
-
- No. The commas aren't allowed. The basic format is fine, but you can't use
- special characters ("(", ")", "<", ">", "@", ",", ";", ":", "\", ".",
- "[", "]", or the quote character (") itself) in your personal name.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-