Right, and if one puts an IETF header, then you don't *get* the person's
name at all, from the listserv ...unless one is put on by *their*
software.  Which most of them do. That's what I'm getting at.  So the
solution I see is to resubscribe everyone and put an "*" in the personal
name area...but that's kind of messy, and I wondered if there was a
simpler solution.
 
thanks,
- -Geff
 
 
On Sun, 13 Aug 1995, Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843 wrote:
 
> The FROM: field that appears on recipients' received list
> distributions is not strictly based on the originator's
> FROM: field.
>
> I just did a test on a local listserv and discovered that
> my unadorned FROM: field (NOT as above) was rewritten
> with my local LISTSERV-registered name field.  That
> local name was created some time ago when I has issued
> a LISTSERV
>
> REGISTER firstname lastname ...
>
> Though I have NOT verified it, if I had done a more recent SUBSCRIBE
> via that LISTSERV with another name description, that might have
> been the name LISTSERV filled-in on my test distribution.
>
> Finally, what name that a recipient sees is a function of what
> is sent in various fields and how the receiver's mail agent software
> is programmed/configured.
>
> All bets are off.
>
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