Subject: NIS & /etc/password GCOS lookup in Pine?

From: [email-masked] (Bob Friesenhahn)
Date: 24 Aug 1994 15:06:36 GMT

One of the few things I really like about elm is its capability to
automatically look up a local user's full name given their user id and
expand the address to include their full name.  Besides being more pleasant,
it serves as a confirmation that the user name has been entered correctly.

Unfortunately, the only similar behavior I have seen in Pine is with
addresses in the addressbook.

Does anyone know a way of extending Pine to add data obtained from NIS or
the /etc/passwd file to the address line?

Thanks,

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn, Interphase
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