Re: [leafnode-list] Idea: Aliases for sender

[Thomas Bader <thomasb@xxxxxxxxx>]

* Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [000928 21:43]:
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 08:49:47PM +0200, Thomas Bader wrote:
> > * Mike Castle <dalgoda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [000928 20:16]:
> > > This should be a function of the newsreader, not server software.
> 
> > And, what would you do, if your users cannot configure their
> > software properly?
> 
> If people can't work out how to configure their clients there's no
> reason to expect them to be able to work out how to configure Leafnode
> either.

ACK

But what, if you're an admin of a small news server and you
have some stupid users?

> Adding the requisite code to fix up From: headers seems
> overkill and error prone given how many people would be likely to use it.

Ohm... I agree with you.

Thomas
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