Right, and if one puts an IETF header, then you don't *get* the person's name at all, from the listserv ...unless one is put on by *their* software. Which most of them do. That's what I'm getting at. So the solution I see is to resubscribe everyone and put an "*" in the personal name area...but that's kind of messy, and I wondered if there was a simpler solution. thanks, - -Geff On Sun, 13 Aug 1995, Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843 wrote: > The FROM: field that appears on recipients' received list > distributions is not strictly based on the originator's > FROM: field. > > I just did a test on a local listserv and discovered that > my unadorned FROM: field (NOT as above) was rewritten > with my local LISTSERV-registered name field. That > local name was created some time ago when I has issued > a LISTSERV > > REGISTER firstname lastname ... > > Though I have NOT verified it, if I had done a more recent SUBSCRIBE > via that LISTSERV with another name description, that might have > been the name LISTSERV filled-in on my test distribution. > > Finally, what name that a recipient sees is a function of what > is sent in various fields and how the receiver's mail agent software > is programmed/configured. > > All bets are off. > > -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L > [log in to unmask] "Are you E-mail Diverse?" +1 814 863 1843 > 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA >