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From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Where is my full name?
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.124338.22240@DSI.COM>
Date: 7 Jun 91 12:43:38 GMT
References: <1422@opus.NMSU.Edu> <1991Jun07.003632.4495@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc.  Huntingdon Valley, PA
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dattier@vpnet.chi.il.us (David W. Tamkin) writes:
>mmiskowi@nmsu.edu (Michael Miskowicz) wrote in <1422@opus.NMSU.Edu>:
>| Well, I've noticed that when some people send me mail, it either says
>| their full name or their full e-mail address.
>| 
>| My problem is, why is my elm sending out simply my e-mail address, yet
>| when my sister sends her e-mail to me, it prints out her full name in
>| the opening screen?

>One workaround until your administrator reconfigures elm is to put this into
>your $HOME/.elm/elmheaders file:

>From: mmiskowi@nmsu.edu (Michael Miskowicz)

>At least that trick works with elm 2.2 and 2.3 and provides a full name in
>the header of every outgoing letter.
That trick, will produce a From: header, but its not a good trick.

First off, if Elm is configured to add From: lines, there will be
two of them in the message (as Elm just cats the contents of elmheaders
it doesnt process them and prevent dups with its own headers). 

Secondly if Elm was not configured to add From; headers, (which was
probably the case in this request), then the MTA is being presented
with a From: header when it shouldn't be.  This is contrary to what
the system administrator wanted, and for many MTA's will cause it
to do things incorrectly.

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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP                   Elm Coordinator
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