On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 13:42:36 -0600, Adam Bailey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On 11/20/97 10:37 PM, Rain Goddess <[log in to unmask]> wrote...
>
>>Is there any setting I can tweak so that LISTERV only uses the
>>subscriber name as listed in the subscriber list when it sends
>>out posts?
>
>If you're asking if there's anything you as an owner can do, the answer is
>no (unless you ask all your subscribers to take their name out of their
>email program, which I wouldn't recommend). Your best option is to just
>require that your subscribers note their affiliation in their message
>(like somewhere in their signature), and hope that they'll understand your
>reasoning and comply.
>
>Now, if you're asking if there's any way to re-engineer the LISTSERV
>software to make that work, I can't help you. But I doubt that's something
>that L-Soft would allow or look kindly on.  :)

What appears on the From: line is determined by the senders mailing program
(Eudora or whatever) and LISTSERV merely passes on whatever is there.  The
name in LISTSERV's listname file (the one from when the user subscribed)
will only be used if they send in a From: with only an email address (i.e.
no-name).  Only then will LISTSERV add the name it has on file that matches
that exact address.  At all other times, the RFC822 From: field contents
are preserved untouched, and that is very unlikely to ever change.

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