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. -- Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois [log in to unmask] | Finger/Web for PGP [log in to unmask] | http://www.lull.org/adam/