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On 8/8/00 8:30 AM, Lowell Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote...

>We are setting up a commercial LISTSERV server for product
>newsletter announcement lists.  In our testing, the "From" field
>seen by subscribers is the list editor's name.  We'd prefer a more
>generic name (either the list name or listname-owner).  I've
>experimented with various settings of the Sender= keyword in the
>list header, but without success - in every case, the editor's name
>appears in the recipient's mailbox.  Any suggestions?

There's no way to forge or hide the email address of the person sending
the message, for a variety of good reasons. If you want to use a more
generic name, set up an official mailbox specifically for those
announcements and use that.


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