Using Exim version 1.82, we noted that (as opposed to sendmail) the From:
lines are not rewritten to add the GECOS field if the MUA does not do so
itself (e.g. ucbmail, mh).
The code seems to be in src/accept.c lines 1365-1368:
/* If there is no from: header, generate one. If this is a delivery error from
a non-local source, we can't generate a proper address. */
if (from_header == NULL)
I realise that from a MTA-purity point-of-view, the MTA should be reticent
in changing a legal header produced by an MUA, but since 'qualify_domain'
is allowed, could a 'qualify_full_name' option be added to Exim that would
force adding the GECOS field to the From: line even when it already exists?
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Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Fax number: 972-2-6585439
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