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Subject: Reattribution of sender
From: Tony Roder <tony @ well . com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 20:22:05 +0000
To: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM

I'm the listmaster of a private list that is maintained by an ISP. 

My access to the config file is limited to a handful of commands 
necessary to define the list and some of its basic features.

On occasion, a subscriber's message will contain a word which
Majordomo interprets as a command (subscribe, help, etc.), and
-- as it should -- the message is then bounced to me.

As I have learned from this list, I then copy the contents of the
message to a file; I insert a line that says "Approved: <password>"
at the top; and resend the message to the list.

Sure enough, the message then appears on the list, except that 
my name appears in the From: field instead of the name of the original 
sender.

Is there anything I can do to prevent that?

T.

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Tony Roder, speaking his mind




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