I am list owner for CLIMLIST, a moderated list for climatologists run from
OHSTVMA at Ohio State University.
 
I have noticed today that the 'From:' header in some of the mails from
LISTSERV@OHSTVMA (list reviews, 'output of your job' confirmations etc) are
now carrying the following 'From:' header
 
From: BITNET list server at OHSTVMA (1.7e)
              <[log in to unmask]>
 
Other mailed notices have a 'From:' header which is similar but without the
version number.
 
Until recently, the 'From:' looked like
 
From: Revised List Processor <[log in to unmask]>
 
What I would like to know is whether there is a really good reason for this
change as it is causing me a bit of inconvenience.  For a start, the wrapping
of the new 'From:' _with_ the version number is messing up the filter scheme I
employ to direct all LISTSERV-originating mail to a special folder for later
action.  (The new 'From:' _without_ the version number doesn't wrap and is OK.)
Second, the string '1.7e' is being interpreted by my mail system as the
personal name of the sender, presumably on the grounds that this is an address
of the form
 
email_address (personal_name)
 
Neither of these are fatal-type problems but they are irritating - hence my
interest in whether there is a good reason for this change.
 
Thanks a lot...
 
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