At 15:29 07/27/1999 Tuesday , Ben Parker wrote:
 >On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 11:21:31 -0700, Kirsten Petersen
 ><[log in to unmask]>
 >wrote:
 >
 >>We have version 1.8b.  I have several list owners who would like to have
 >>their list messages show up with the From address of the list, rather than
 >>the person who sent it.  For example, if someone sends to the News list,
 >>they would like the message sent to the subscribers to say "From: The News
 >>List <[log in to unmask]>" rather than "From: Bob Jones <bob@whatever>".
 >
 >LISTSERV is prohibited by RFC822 from doing this.  See
 >
 >  http://www.lsoft.com/lsv-faq.html#5.14

Needless-to-say, many mail user agents e.g., Eudora, allows one to
generate email from an alternate personality.  This is extremely useful
for customer support when sending from a "shared" alias.

Pete