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allwyn@ia-us.com (Allwyn Carvalho) writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been using Gnus for a few months now, and quite like it, except
> that there are a two configuration errors that I don't know how to
> resolve.  They are both concerned with posting news.
> 
> 1. The "From:" comes up as:
> 
>       From: Allwyn Carvalho <allwyn@minnie>
[snip]
> 2. My Messsage-ID says:
> 
>   Message-ID: <vmxhgbmyqe1.fsf@minnie.i-have-a-misconfigured-system-so-shoot-me>

Saying:

(setq user-mail-address "allwyn@ia-us.com")

in your .gnus should solve the first (and if I remember rightly the
second) problem.
-- 
I've always wanted to be a dilettante, but I've never quite been ready
to make the commitment.