On 7/27/99 2:36 PM, Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote...

> At 15:29 07/27/1999 Tuesday , Ben Parker wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 11:21:31 -0700, Kirsten Petersen
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> We have version 1.8b.  I have several list owners who would like to have
>>> their list messages show up with the From address of the list, rather than
>>> the person who sent it.  For example, if someone sends to the News list,
>>> they would like the message sent to the subscribers to say "From: The News
>>> List <[log in to unmask]>" rather than "From: Bob Jones <bob@whatever>".
>>
>> LISTSERV is prohibited by RFC822 from doing this.  See
>>
>>  http://www.lsoft.com/lsv-faq.html#5.14
>
> Needless-to-say, many mail user agents e.g., Eudora, allows one to
> generate email from an alternate personality.  This is extremely useful
> for customer support when sending from a "shared" alias.

Yup. But it's something that should be done by the mail client, not the
LISTSERV.


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