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From: Andrew.Findlay@brunel.ac.uk (Andrew Findlay)
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Subject: Re:  Reply-To
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Date: 1 Dec 88 13:58:18 GMT
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| Another question - is it possible to change the "From:"
| field with something in .mailrc or whatever; there has

Not sure about 'mail', but 'elm' can be set up to do that (or insert a
Reply-To: if you wish)

| been some discussion about systems that are so sloppy
| they send out usernames in mail addresses recently...

Most do..

| Not security-conscious un*x of course, but ....

Most do..

| The sort of thing we might want is for mail to come "from"
| an official alias for the user (eg S.V.Platt for me); 
| rather than from the  ...

You want the IDA sendmail enhancement kit. We use that at Brunel. It
allows us to map the default 'username@ee.brunel.ac.uk' address into
the official 'Full.Name@brunel.ac.uk' version that you see outside.
The reverse translation is done for incoming mail, of course!

Andrew

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