Re: newbie question/problem message list "from" problem

[Earl Hood <earl@earlhood.com>]

On September 7, 2002 at 22:28, "Rick Boatright" wrote:

> However, the email list server that I am archiving lists the FROM 
> address as the listmanager.  The actual author is listed on a
> 
> From: authorname
> 
> as the first line of the BODY of the message.   

Why does the email list server do this?  It should not mess with
the From: field.  If you have control over the list server, I would
see about fixing this.

> I have attached a sample message and headers below for you to 
> see.  I _think_ I need some code to walk through the message 
> archive and add an  X-AUTHOR: authorname in the headers, and 
> then add X-AUTHOR as a possible FROM address in the standard 
> resource file.  But I am _not_ enough of a perl programmer to do 
> that. 
> 
> Or, alternatively, I need a way to convince Mhonarc that the first line 
> of the body of the message _IS_ the from address.   
> 
> Can anyone help me? 

Either approach is doable.

Since a solution requires some scripting, it may be hard to get someone
to provide time and effort at no cost unless that someone can benefit
from the solution also.

--ewh

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