[comp.soft-sys.andrew] More problems with posting to local bboards

janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) (03/01/90)

I found that the bboard address insertion worked OK until I turned off
all validation (we have odd-looking XNS addresses mixed in that just
can't be validated).  Then I just get the name of the bboard on the To:
line when posting.

Incidentally, to turn off all posting, I put the following into
$ANDREWDIR/etc/AndrewSetup:

    AMS_ValidateDestHosts:      No
    AMS_PasswdValidation:       0
    AMS_LocalDatabaseValidation:        0

Is there a better way?

By the way, is there any way to post a message on the bboard other than
clicking on the symbol of the folder, thereby bringing up the `What do
you want to do with `foo'' menu, and selecting `Post a message on it'? 
It would be nice to have a menu command for posting.

Bill

nsb@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Nathaniel Borenstein) (03/01/90)

I think if you turn off all local validation, you turn off bboard
address validation, too.  Probably it should be possible to have it
turned on alone; I'm sure if you come up with a patch, it will be warmly
received...

Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 28-Feb-90 More problems with posting
.. Bill Janssen@parc.xerox. (705+0)

> By the way, is there any way to post a message on the bboard other than
> clicking on the symbol of the folder, thereby bringing up the `What do
> you want to do with `foo'' menu, and selecting `Post a message on it'? 
> It would be nice to have a menu command for posting.

Well, you can simply type the name of the bboard on the "to" or "cc"
header in sendmessage -- that's by far the easiest way.   

-- Nathaniel