[Mailman-Developers] Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscriber names

J C Lawrence claw@kanga.nu
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:41:05 -0800


On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:54:16 -0500 
Greg Ward <gward@mems-exchange.org> wrote:

> I've just added a new entry to the FAQ Wizard:

>   3.2. How can I track subscriber's real names?

Nice.  I've updated and extended it a bit.  Umm, actually I updated
and extended most of the current FAQ entries as well as adding a
couple.

Barry:  Mind adding a "General Questions" section?  The MTA/LDA/MDA
Q and others should go in there.

> In particular, can Mailman 2.1 track real names?

Yes.  Note that this is unreliable (The value of the GECOS field is
neither controlled or auditable).

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J C Lawrence
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