Re: [EXIM] Rewritten From: Lines from Local Users

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Ephraim Silverberg
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Rewritten From: Lines from Local Users
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Ephraim Silverberg wrote:

> > From: abcd
>
> Sendmail rewrites this one as:
>
> From: Gecos Entry for Abcd <abcd@LOCALDOMAIN>
>
> > From: <abcd>
> > From: <abcd> ()
> > From: abcd ()
> > From: () abcd
> > From: Joe <abcd> Doe
>
> In all these cases, @LOCALDOMAIN will be added to the address, but
> no GECOS field will be added.


OK, so it appears that it is just the one very special case of

From: login-name

when the login-name is that of the calling user, with *nothing* else on
the line, that is handled differently.

This strikes me as a typical one-off, special-case fudge. However, if
it is something that is wanted, I'll consider how to get Exim to do it,
either by default or as a result of setting some option.

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Philip Hazel                   University Computing Service,
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