Re: Styles and system name

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Am I right in thinking the part of a message-ID that comes after the
> '@' is generated from your system name.

Yes.

> Can using posting styles change what goes in that spot by changing the
> system name?
> 
> I've used the example provided in 'Posting Styles':
> 
> It looks like it should change the system name.
> 
>      (setq gnus-posting-styles
>            '((".*"
>               (signature-file "~/.signature")
>               (name "User Name")
>               ("X-Home-Page" (getenv "WWW_HOME"))
>               (organization "People's Front Against MWM"))
>    ==>        ("nnml:exp"
>               (signature my-funny-signature-randomizer))
>    ==>       ((equal (system-name) "gnarly")
>               (signature my-quote-randomizer))

I'm sorry, but I don't see how cheching that the function
`system-name' returns is supposed to alter the `system-name'
variable.

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