On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:38:57 PST, Peter Rauch <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Actually, it would not be very nice at all if LISTSERV allowed an
>editor to basically forge the contents of a message. So, I hope my
>interpretation of how LISTSERV editing works is correct!

Exactly.  This is why LISTSERV will never change the From: field (which
identifies the original author of a message) and also why the From: address of a
list message is never the List-Address  (LISTNAME@...).   Neither LISTSERV nor
the List can be the author of a list message.  Some person is always the author.
LISTSERV is merely performing a service of easily and rapidly re-distributing
the mail authored by some person to a list of interested subscribers.  (This is
also why the List-Address is the To: field of all List Mailings.)

See also our FAQ  http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/lsv-faq.stm#5.14