Re: [TCLUG:15996] FAQ - Posting, helping newbies?

[Eric F Crist <ecrist@ardent-hacker.net>]

Have them send an email to themselves and then view the full header.  What the
ISP puts as their From: address will be in there...

Eric

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, you
wrote: > Quoting Ben Beuchler (insyte@emt-p.org):
> > On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 05:04:33PM -0500, Bob Tanner wrote:
> > 
> > > Anyone have any wonderful ideas on how to help newbies when it comes to
> > > posting to the list?
> > 
> > I'm guessing from previous experimentation on my part that you are using
> > vanilla ezmlm.  If you upgrade to ezmlm-idx (a drop-in upgrade)
> > subscribers will be able to add other machines themselves in this format:
> > 
> > tclug-list-allow-subscribe-user=isp.com@mn-linux.org
> 
> We are running ezmlm-idx. The problem is the newbie does not know what their
> from address is. So, this won't really help them.
> 
> That is why I asked if there was some way to have their from address send back
> to them.
> 
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