[139] in Zephyr_Comments
re: proposal for a new feature in zwgc
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerome H. Saltzer)
Wed Nov 9 09:49:54 1988
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 88 09:48:08 EST
To: chariot@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: zephyr-comments@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, athena-ws@ATHENA.MIT.EDU,
In-Reply-To: chariot@ATHENA.MIT.EDU's message of Mon, 7 Nov 88 16:00:40 EST
From: Jerome H. Saltzer <Saltzer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
> I would like to propose that zwgc be extended to allow obtaining
> the full name and nickname of the sender.
> Well? What do people think?
I agree with the need; it is both cryptic and non-user-friendly to
display only the sender's UNIX name when presenting a Zephyrgram.
Jerry