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