Re: Changing posting address & thread display/reading order

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On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:09:47AM -0500, David Sewell wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Matt Ackeret wrote:
> > How can I change the address I'm posting with?  (And hopefully retain the
> > ability to cancel messages I post from then on..)
> 
> Assuming you're using a version 4 trn:
> 
> In your trnrc file (probably ~/.trn/trnrc), put a line like this:
> 
>   FROM = "dsewell@virginia.edu (David Sewell)"
> 
> and trn will use the value in the "From: " line of postings.
> 
> In order to cancel messages, however, you need to compile trn with a
> "hostbits" value other than the default. If you don't compile your own
> trn you may be out of luck on canceling.

Actually, nowadays trn should honour FROM, so your line above should be
enough.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]


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