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Troy Bull wrote:
> I have cygwin 1.7 installed.  Exim is installed and configured and working.

  [ ... ]

> if I do this
> 
> ls -l | email bull
> 
> it complains that bull is an unknown user. Anyone have any ideas on
> how to "fix" this issue?  Is it a problem with exim or email?

  Dunno, but here's a WAG: is your hostname set correctly?  What does the
command-line "hostname" command show as output?

    cheers,
      DaveK

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