Hey All,
How do I remove the "On behalf of" in the 'From' field?
I want it to either just display the list name/address or a customized address. Instead of saying "list-name-bounces@domain.com on behalf of list-name@domain.com <list-name-boucnes@domain.com>" I just want it to state list-name@domain.com in the from field (or even be able to customize the from address).
I know it can be done because an old host of mine had it set that way, now I have my own hosting server and the default install displays it with the "oh behalf of".
Thanks in advance,
John
I'm using the same client that I've always used. I've just moved hosting providers. The old hosting company had Mailman version 2.1.5 and the new company has v2.1.1. Is it a version thing? Or just a configuration thing? If it's not in Mailman, could it be the MTA? Any ideas?
Thanks,
John
-----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces@python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces@python.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Hochstein Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 3:19 am To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Removing "on behalf of"
"John S. Strock" schrieb:
How do I remove the "On behalf of" in the 'From' field?
There *is* no "on behalf of" in the Fom:-field. You just have to use a client that does not show it that way.
-thh
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At 10:32 AM -0700 2004/06/01, John S. Strock wrote:
I'm using the same client that I've always used. I've just moved hosting providers. The old hosting company had Mailman version 2.1.5 and the new company has v2.1.1. Is it a version thing? Or just a configuration thing? If it's not in Mailman, could it be the MTA? Any ideas?
This is something that is either done by the mail client (MUA), or by a mail server (MTA) somewhere in transit. Since Mailman doesn't put this header on the message itself, I have to assume that you are the victim of some typically badly misconfigured Microsoft software somewhere along the line -- probably the fault of your hosting company.
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As I mentioned in my last post, nothing on my client computer has changed. The only thing that has changed is my hosting service. And my hosted server is on a linux box, both at the new and old host.
This is why I'm thinking it's something in the MTA...any ideas?
John
-----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces@python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces@python.org] On Behalf Of Brad Knowles Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:33 pm To: John S. Strock Cc: mailman-users@python.org Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Removing "on behalf of"
At 10:32 AM -0700 2004/06/01, John S. Strock wrote:
I'm using the same client that I've always used. I've just moved hosting providers. The old hosting company had Mailman version 2.1.5 and the new company has v2.1.1. Is it a version thing? Or just a configuration thing? If it's not in Mailman, could it be the MTA? Any ideas?
This is something that is either done by the mail client (MUA), or by a mail server (MTA) somewhere in transit. Since Mailman doesn't put this header on the message itself, I have to assume that you are the victim of some typically badly misconfigured Microsoft software somewhere along the line -- probably the fault of your hosting company.
-- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info.
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At 3:50 PM -0700 2004/06/01, John S. Strock wrote:
As I mentioned in my last post, nothing on my client computer has changed. The only thing that has changed is my hosting service. And my hosted server is on a linux box, both at the new and old host.
This is why I'm thinking it's something in the MTA...any ideas?
This sort of thing can only be added by a mail server or mail client somewhere along the way. If your client hasn't changed, that's unlikely to be the source of the problem. If your MTA is not on the hosted server, then that would be the likely place for a change like this -- talk to your mail provider and see what changes they may have made recently.
If your MTA is on the hosted server, then since the hosted server has recently changed, that's the obvious difference.
Anyway you slice it, this is not a header that any version of Mailman has ever created, so the source of the problem has to be somewhere else.
-- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info.
At 3:50 PM -0700 2004/06/01, John S. Strock wrote:
As I mentioned in my last post, nothing on my client computer has changed. The only thing that has changed is my hosting service. And my hosted server is on a linux box, both at the new and old host.
This is why I'm thinking it's something in the MTA...any ideas?
Looking at an older message from you (Message-ID: <000701c420f2$3ad02330$6400a8c0@Tiger1>, dated Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:57:00 -0700), I see the following headers which might be of interest:
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626
Importance: Normal
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
Looking at the message I am replying to (Message-ID: <000e01c4482a$d6b2b9c0$800101df@Tiger1>, dated Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:50:28 -0700), I see:
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626
Importance: Normal
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409
While your version of Outlook doesn't appear to have changed in the time between these two messages, the MimeOLE version does appear to have changed. I'm just guessing, but perhaps this might be the cause of the problems?
-- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info.
On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 12:19:12PM +0200, Thomas Hochstein wrote:
"John S. Strock" schrieb:
How do I remove the "On behalf of" in the 'From' field?
There *is* no "on behalf of" in the Fom:-field. You just have to use a client that does not show it that way.
This is just the way some versions of Outlook / OE seem to do it - when the envelope-sender differs from the "From" header, the message shows up as being "From: [envelope-sender] on behalf of [from address]". Replies are still directed (correctly) to the address in the "From: " header. I'm not aware of a configuration option in the mail client to override this behavior.
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