Alan Thew writes:
>
> I am getting used to exim. Would it be possible to optionally set
> this field to
>
> sender: user@site
>
> rather than
>
> sender: gecos_data <user@site> ??
>
> It seems an extra password lookup to find this information which IMHO is
> not needed.
Correct as stated (but perhaps not intended): no such extra lookup is needed,
and no such extra lookup is done! The one "getpwuid" in exim.c is necessary
to get the userid in any case, and gives the gecos field for free.
Chris Thompson Cambridge University Computing Service,
Email: cet1@??? New Museums Site, Cambridge CB2 3QG,
Phone: +44 1223 334715 United Kingdom.
