Listserv already sends compendiums, confirmations, welcome messages, 
etc. from itself.  

Listserv *could* accept e-mail and generate a distribution with the list 
posting address as sender if LSoft would choose to do so. 

Listserv *could* be the author, but LSoft chooses not to provide that 
function (for what may be good reasons, but I don't know what they might 
be).  IMHO, saying RFC822 prohibits Listserv from sending mail "from the 
list" is so much "hooey". 

cheers, wayne  (Yes, I know I'm not going to change the LSoft collective 
"mind"!)

Ben Parker wrote, in part,  on 8/14/2006 11:37 AM:
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:57:11 -0400, Jeff Kiesel <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> Is there a way to configure ListServ so that subscribers to the list receive
>> a post from the list address, and not the poster's address?
>>     
>
> No.  RFC822 (and RFC2822) requires that the From: address reflect who is the
> author of the message.  The "List-address" (listname@server) cannot logically
> be the author of any message.  Only an individual can be an author.  LISTSERV
> (correctly) uses the List Address in the Sender: field to show it is
> redistributing the message on behalf of the author.  
>