[Mailman-Users] email address problem "name <name at host.org>"

J C Lawrence claw at kanga.nu
Wed Jun 14 01:33:55 CEST 2000


On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:35:10 -0400 
Mats Wichmann <mats at laplaza.org> wrote:

> At 12:33 AM 06/13/2000 -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 04:54:58 -0400 mike paterson
>> <mike at openphase.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> i know that mailman takes and address like "name <name at host.org>
>>> and strips it down to just <name at host.org> before storing
>>> it. However i need the full thing to be used..

>>  While such requests have been mentioned, nobody has offered a
>> design or to do the work.

> Storing it...where?  In the subscription list?  If someone comes
> in through the web interface to subscribe, you don't /have/ that
> extra information.

Additionally it is entirely arbitrary data.  I can stuff anything I
want there, change it to anything at any time, and never have it
need to actually mean anything.

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