Re: What's the "magic" of a Unix mailbox file?

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From: Neil Rickert
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 12:07

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In article <BsLw4t.7pu@breeze.rsre.mod.uk> heading@breeze.rsre.mod.uk (Anthony Heading) writes:
>
>Well OK. I'm sorry if it offends any purist principles you might hold, but
>  a) it's useful - the 'from' command prints recognisable names 
>  b) it *nearly* worked
>
>I guess what I'm interested in is a reason *why*
>> ...the user name has no place in envelope addresses. ...

  Remember that the mailbox format was designed for UUCP transmission
of mail.  With this in mind, become 'root' or preferably 'uucp' and
attempt:  rmail $USER < file
where 'file' contains a single email message with the form of
"From " line you prefer.  Check you sendmail log to see what it does.
I suspect with

	"From My name <user@host> date time"

you will find yourself receiving mail from user "My".

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From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
Subject: Re: What's the "magic" of a Unix mailbox file?
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