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Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:15:02 -0400
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At 12:32 08/08/2000 Tuesday, Adam Bailey wrote:
>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.

With Eudora, one can send from any address they desire.  [Your mail gateway may require you to authenticate.]  If you do have an announcement list, it is recommended (usually by L-Soft support) that you use:

* SEND= EDITOR,HOLD,CONFIRM
* EDITOR= shared-RFC822_address

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