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- From: syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: Inconsistency in aliasing
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 17:05:00 -0500
- Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA
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- References: <9301062044.AA03704@SERVER.uwindsor.ca>
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- ophof@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (Scott Ophof) writes:
-
- >There's a bug in the aliasing facility.
- >When an item contains the following header fields ("From ", From: ",
- >"Reply-To: ", and "Sender:"), the full-name is taken from the "From: "
- >field, but the address from one of the other three fields (can't tell
- >which, since they are all the same addr).
- >I'm referring to the "a" command in the alias facility, btw.
-
- Its not a bug, its an effect of how the names are chosen....
-
- The 'full name' comes from the From: line.
- The address comes from the last of From: or Reply-To:
-
- Its as intended. (reply-to's don't normally have full names on
- them)
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- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL20
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