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Subject: Re: rewriting "From:"
From: "Todd A. Lyons" <cannonball @ usinter . net>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:38:32 -0800
To: Majordomo Users <majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com>
Reply-to: cannonball @ usinter . net

Steve Moulton wrote:
> 
> I have a customer who has gotten himself in some hot water by
> blindly replying to a mailing list rather than a user.  He
> wants me to rewrite the "From:" lines so that rather than
> reading

By the sound of it, your reply-to field in your list config file is set
to the listname@domain.  Alter it to something like
	[listname] $SENDER

> so that the From: address stands out more and he is less likely
> to blindly reply.  He asserts that listserv can do this.

The true answer is that he needs to be less blind.  Some people, you
just can't tell them anything.
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