On Sun 27 Jul 2008 23:37:26 NZST +1200, Zane Gilmore wrote:

> I believe that the email software that the Uni uses is a bit strict about 
> all of the headers being all true and correct.
>
> If the From and the sender is not the same then things may go awry.

The list manager probably uses mainly the envelope sender to identify
the poster - this being the intended use of it. Sender: is purely
optional (its function by RFC is somewhat undefined I understand), and I
don't think many mail clients would even generate it. It's generated by
mailing list managers, but not by politically correct ones.

The qmail-based list manager (ezmlm?) also uses envelope-from, so would
have similar behaviour to CLUG's one.

The only way to deal with any list manager is to use the msg
configuration each time, often without knowing exactly which bits of
information of the msg are relevant. From: may not even be used, though
there may be other places, on-campus or client-side, which enforce a
correct From:.

One thing to be aware of is that envelope-from changes when moving
around - it's dependent on the local mail-sending setup. That's why
posting from different providers doesn't work when it's used by the list
manager.

Volker

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