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Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 10:22:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Lott <david@pgfn.bc.ca>
To: CSuite Technical Team <csuite-tech@chebucto.ns.ca>
cc: Kassiem Jacobs <kassiem@csuite.ns.ca>, Report System Problems <support@pgfn.bc.ca>
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When using lynx's newspost, (via the "news:" href) it is possible for a
user to alter the "from" address thereby allowing anonymous postings.  We
do not permit this.  I would dissallow lynx newsposting all together and
just use pine, but our site has always had direct links to our most
popular local discussion forums on our menus and we don't want to have to
change that. 

I've looked through /var/csuite/src/bin/lynx/userdefs.h and
/var/csuite/etc/lynx.cfg and can find no reference to 'fixing' the "from:" 
field. 

Can someone please point me in the right direction to accomplish this?

Thank you.

Cheers, David.

David M. Lott
System Administrator
P.G. Free-Net
www.pgfn.bc.ca
Prince George, BC, Canada.

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