[Mailman-Users] Changing "From" Field

[Staven Bruce]

Hi Richard,

There really is no technical aspect to this. The manager for this list
thinks the address "Workshop_Information-admin at domain.com"  looks to
confusing, and would prefer that 
address reads Workshop_Information at domain.com. 

I know each list needs at least three separate addresses and I'm pretty sure
I can't combine two of them together, however, I was thinking maybe there
was a way I could 'mask' the address of the sender with a phony address, but
I'm not sure how to go about doing that. Plus, this is something I would
have to do for 10 or more lists. Any ideas?

- Staven 

 "I don't care if Ned Flanders is the nicest guy in the world. He's a jerk -
end of story."

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Richard Barrett [mailto:r.barrett at openinfo.co.uk] 
Sent:	Friday, October 24, 2003 10:09 AM
To:	Staven Bruce
Cc:	mailman-users at python.org
Subject:	Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing "From" Field


On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 05:38  pm, Staven Bruce wrote:

> We have a mailing list called 'Workshop_Information'. Messages to our 
> list
> members always come from 'Workshop_Information-admin at domain.com'. Does
> anyone know of a way I can change that alias so that all of the 
> messages can
> come from 'Workshop_Information at domain.com' ?

Is this so that bounce messages for failed deliveries can be 
distributed to the rest of the list subscribers?

> Can I just alter the
> /etc/aliases files? Is that all there is to it?
>

/etc/aliases is about delivery not constructing outbound messages; 
changing it will not achieve what you think you want.

> Staven Bruce
>
>  "I don't care if Ned Flanders is the nicest guy in the world. He's a 
> jerk -
> end of story."

Hey! He's my hero.

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