Subject: System wide issue for pine.

From: Alan Thew <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 20:59:35 +0100 (BST)

I have a two questions/issues:

1) We would like to remove the option for our users to request the latest
documentation from UW, is this a "hack the source" fix?

2) Does anyone have a sure fire method of ensuring that bug reports go to
a local address rather than UW?

Thanks.

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Alan Thew                                       [email-masked]
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From: Richard Gering <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 11:34:58 +0100 (WET)

> documentation from UW, is this a "hack the source" fix?

Presumably you mean the "Update" command from the Configuration screen
here. If so, there is no need to hack the source, as it can be done quite
nicely using the global configuration file.

Simply add "disable-update-cmd" to the "feature-list=" entry in this file. 
Best put it in pine.conf.fixed (normally in /usr/local/lib) if you want to
make sure your users can't override the value.

If you're referring to the

  SPECIAL OFFER:  Would you like to receive (via email) a brief document
                  entitled "Getting the most out of Pine" ?

message an initial user gets, it looks like you will need to hack the
source (at least it does to me). Check for the calls to phone_home_blurb() 
and phone_home() in pine/pine.c. 

> a local address rather than UW?

Again an issue for pine.conf.fixed. Try:

   bugs-fullname=Local Pine Helpdesk (Alan Thew)
   bugs-address=[email-masked]

and wait for the messages to come in :-)

Regards,

- Richard Gering.

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