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Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]>
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:46:38 -0700
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:49:24 -0800, "Tunik, Arthur@DIR" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>How does one modify the header so that list members do not appear as the
>originators of email, but the email comes from the list, e.g.

With LISTSERV (and most other List Mgmt products as well) mail never comes
'from the list'.  This is a reflection of internet email standards that
require the From: address must be the author (a person) of the email message.
The list is simply a distribution mechanism, the list itself cannot be an
author.

>"From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum
>[[log in to unmask]]; on behalf of; xxxxx, xxxxx
>[[log in to unmask]]
> To:  [log in to unmask]
>..."

The "On Behalf Of" is an artifact of MS Outlook.  This is the way Outlook
chooses to display the presence of both a From: address field
([log in to unmask], a person) and a Sender: address field
([log in to unmask], the list used for distribution of the msg).  A
From: address is required, but you can prevent the Sender: field from being
written (and also prevent this "On Behalf Of" construction) with the List
Configuration setting  Sender= None.

As others have suggested, if you don't want an individual's address to appear
in the From:, then you need to create a special impersonal 'role' email
account (such as [log in to unmask]) to author the message.

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