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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

1452.0. "Nickname Mail Address field longer than 50 chars" by HGOVC::ANTHONYWONG () Fri Sep 18 1992 05:56

    Hi,
    
    Is it possible to extend the length of the Nickname Mail Address field
    from 50 to 80 characters since some emailing address to the Internet or
    other networks outside Easynet is normally longer than 50 chars? Is
    there a simple way to acheive this?
    
    regards,
    
    Anthony
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1452.1Thoughts...LARVAE::JORDANChris Jordan, TSE - Technology Services, End-User ComputingFri Sep 18 1992 11:1023
    The Nickname field IS longer than 50 characters. It is something like
    240 characters.... At least it is in ALL-IN-1 V3.0 (the current
    version).
    
    If (like me!!) you are still running on old software, then it is quite
    possible to copy the NIENTR form to your user form library, and modify
    the form to have a longer field. (I made the form into 132 mode, and
    entered the NICKNAME field as 132 chars).
    
    Problems: When you change it you have to either delete and re-create
    the NICKNAMES.DAT file, or you need to OA$CNV_CONVERT the file to the
    new format.
    This is easy on one account - but needs a lot more planning on all
    accounts in the system.
    Also when you upgrade to V3, you will need to change V3's upgrade
    procedure that upgrades the NICKNAMES.DAT file to the new format...
    
    An alternative is to use DL - Distribution Lists. These seem to be
    able to hold mail addresses a lot longer than NI - Nicknames can do in
    V2.4.
    
    Cheers, Chris