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.
Pete