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Re: Server adding name to From line?
Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:47:47 -0700
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On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:09:26 -0500, Bill Verity <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>A subscriber claims he is sending mail to a list without his name but the server is adding it.
>
>He claims his from line is
>   From: [log in to unmask]
>but the subscribers are seeing it as
>   From: John Doe <[log in to unmask]>
>
>The signup files and one list subscription has him registered as John Doe.
>We can no longer reproduce the problem.  Ever heard of such a thing?

Yes.  LISTSERV has been doing this (adding the Full_Name) for 10 years that I
know of, probably longer.

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