--- inews/clientlib.c.orig	Wed Jan 26 10:17:34 2000
+++ inews/clientlib.c	Wed Jan 26 10:37:27 2000
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 {
 	register FILE	*fp;
 	register char	*cp;
-	static char	buf[256];
+	static char	buf[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
 	char		*index();
 	char		*getenv();
 	char		*strcpy();
@@ -107,6 +107,48 @@
 	return (NULL);			 /* No entry */
 }
 
+/*
+ * getdomainbyfile	Get the domain name for posting from a named file.
+ *			Handle blank lines and comments.
+ *
+ *	Parameters:	"file" is the name of the file to read.
+ *
+ *	Returns:	Pointer to static data area containing the
+ *			first non-blank/comment line in the file.
+ *			NULL on error (or lack of entry in file).
+ *
+ *	Side effects:	None.
+ */
+
+char *
+getdomainbyfile(file)
+char	*file;
+{
+	register FILE	*fp;
+	register char	*cp;
+	static char	buf[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
+	char		*index();
+
+	if (file == NULL)
+		return (NULL);
+
+	fp = fopen(file, "r");
+	if (fp == NULL)
+		return (NULL);
+
+	while (fgets(buf, sizeof (buf), fp) != NULL) {
+		if (*buf == '\n' || *buf == '#')
+			continue;
+		cp = index(buf, '\n');
+		if (cp)
+			*cp = '\0';
+		(void) fclose(fp);
+		return (buf);
+	}
+
+	(void) fclose(fp);
+	return (NULL);
+}
 
 /*
  * server_init  Get a connection to the remote news server.
@@ -211,7 +253,7 @@
                static struct hostent def;
                static struct in_addr defaddr;
                static char *alist[1];
-               static char namebuf[ 256 ];
+               static char namebuf[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
                defaddr.s_addr = inet_addr( machine );
                if( defaddr.s_addr != -1 ) {
                        strcpy( namebuf, machine );