On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 07:57:26PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do I need to do to keep my user's first names from being shown on their > mailings?
Short, but not entirely accurate, version: You don't. The sender controls how their name is listed according to their own personal preference. Longer, more complex, but more accurate version: In theory, you could run incoming messages through a filter that strips first names out of the From: header before mailman gets the message. In practice, however, this is non-trivial. Aside from the obvious matter that my From: could contain "Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>", "Sherohman, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>", or even "[EMAIL PROTECTED] <Dave Sherohman>" (I think - it's not normal usage, but I think I've seen it before), there are also the more esoteric possibilities such as "Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>", "Ming the Merciless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>", or "Sith Master <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>". How it a piece of software going to accurately determine what is a first name and what isn't? Good luck... -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
