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From: argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: Re: From header generated by mush 7.2.0 is incorrect
Message-ID: <7851@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 12 Feb 91 04:59:08 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.152036.11825@DMI.USherb.CA>
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In article <1991Feb11.152036.11825@DMI.USherb.CA> bussiere@DMI.USherb.CA (Luc Bussieres) writes:
> The generated header From is incorrect.  The user id in the address is the first 
> (in alphabetic order) alias in the /etc/aliases file for the real user id.

First, Mush doesn't look at /usr/lib/aliases -- the From: line that
Mush generates is the user-id of the account running the program and
the hostname of the value returned by gethostname().  then it either
creates an @-style or !-style address depending on how it was configured.

> From: adm@DMI.USherb.CA (Luc Bussieres)
> Is this a bug or is there a variable to set to correct this ?

If you don't want mush to generate the From: line, define Mush
with -DPICKY_MAILER defined and it will allow sendmail (or whatever
your MTA is) to generate the From: line.

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