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Double hostname in From: field

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From: Steve Lodin
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 1990 20:25
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I am having a problem with my From: line.  It is listing my hostname
twice in UUCP mail but only once in SMTP mail.  An example is

From: super user <koiasvr01!koiasvr01!root>

My From: line is defined as such in my sendmail.cf:

H?F?From: $q

My $q macro is defined as such in my sendmail.cf:

Dq$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.

and I don't have $g defined anywhere, so something is creating that for
me.  $g is supposed to be the sender address relative to the recipient.

I tried using /usr/lib/sendmail -bt to test, but that only seems to work
on testing addresses.  Can someone please point me in the right direction
for solving this.  In the process, I have gotten better at parsing
and understanding the rule and I am using an article from Charles Hedrick
from Apr 88.

Thanks for any help.

Please post or reply to (these know working addresses):

Steve Lodin
Delco Electronics Corp.
Advanced Instrumentation Engineering

swlodin@koess.gm.hac.com
lodin@plains.nodak.edu 
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Message-ID: <5440@plains.UUCP>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!ogicse!plains!lodin@plains.NoDak.edu

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!ogicse!plains!lodin@plains.NoDak.edu
From: lodin@plains.NoDak.edu (Steve Lodin)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Double hostname in From: field
Message-ID: <5440@plains.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 90 20:25:04 GMT
Sender: lodin@plains.UUCP
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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