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Article #3623Re: Inconsistency in aliasing
From: Syd Weinstein
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 22:05
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 22:05
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ophof@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (Scott Ophof) writes:
>There's a bug in the aliasing facility.
>When an item contains the following header fields ("From ", From: ",
>"Reply-To: ", and "Sender:"), the full-name is taken from the "From: "
>field, but the address from one of the other three fields (can't tell
>which, since they are all the same addr).
>I'm referring to the "a" command in the alias facility, btw.
Its not a bug, its an effect of how the names are chosen....
The 'full name' comes from the From: line.
The address comes from the last of From: or Reply-To:
Its as intended. (reply-to's don't normally have full names on
them)
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