Subject: Re: Changing FROM:-header

From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 18:09:10 -0400

On 26 Jun 1997, Frank Borally wrote:

> Paul O Bartlett ([email-masked]) wrote:
> :     You have to recompile Pine itself after changing [...]
> 
> I untared pine3.94 [...]
> 
> Would you please take a look and tell me exactly where to find that?

    Version 3.94 is out of date.  The current version is 3.96.  (The
"official" source code is at the University of Washington in Seattle.)
I cannot say exactly where in the source code you have to change the
variable, because I have never done it myself.  Remember, Pine was
designed to forbid you to do what you want to do unless you start
mucking around with the code, at which point all bets are off.

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From: [email-masked] (Frank Borally)
Date: 27 Jun 1997 12:05:49 GMT

Paul O Bartlett ([email-masked]) wrote:
: not design the product.  Answers you receive on a newsgroup like this
: are for the most part from fellow users: that does not make the
: answers authoritative or guaranteed.  As always, YMMV.

I know that... well thanks for the info...

Greetings,
	Frank

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From: [email-masked] (Frank Borally)
Date: 26 Jun 1997 21:04:18 GMT

Paul O Bartlett ([email-masked]) wrote:
:     You have to recompile Pine itself after changing
: ALLOW_CHANGING_FROM (something like that) in a header file.  Many
: installations which supply a copy of Pine for all users often refuse to
: make the change, however, for security concerns.  Check with your help
: desk or system administrator.

I untared pine3.94 from ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/comm/mail, but did not found a header file or
something like that with the above (or something sound-a-like) option.

Greetings,
	Frank

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Jun 1997 20:39:38 +0200

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>> Regarding Re: Changing FROM:-header; [email-masked]
>> (Frank Borally) adds:
FB> Paul O Bartlett ([email-masked]) wrote:

FB> You have to recompile Pine itself after changing : ALLOW_CHANGING_FROM
FB> (something like that) in a header file.

FB> I untared pine3.94 from ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/comm/mail,
FB> but did not found a header file or something like that with the
FB> above (or something sound-a-like) option.
FB> Would you please take a look and tell me exactly where to find
FB> that?

Here's something from the tech-notes (again) that came with your tarball:

   Most of Pine's behaviors are set in the file ./pine/osdep/os-xxx.h,
   which includes comments that explain each setting. Some of these can
   only be set when you compile. Others, however, can be overridden by
   command-line flags to Pine or settings in Pine's user or system
   configuration files. Some of the options which can be set when
   compiling:
   ALLOW_CHANGING_FROM
          Determines whether users are allowed to modify the From line on
          outgoing mail. Even with this turned on, users will have to
          include From in their default-composer-hdrs or customized-hdrs
          in order to be able to edit the From line. Default is to not
          allow any changing.

BTW, 3.94 is outdated, get the src-tarball for 3.96.

Later,
Robin

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From: [email-masked] (Frank Borally)
Date: 29 Jun 1997 14:51:03 GMT

(Don Read) ([email-masked]) wrote:
: tap. tap.

:)

: in ../pine/osdep/os-xxx.h

Thank you. I didn't expect it to be an OS dependent switch.

Greetings,
	Frank