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From header generated by mush 7.2.0 is incorrect

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From: Luc Bussieres
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 1991 15:20
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The generated header From is incorrect. The user id in the address is the first 
(in alphabetic order) alias in the /etc/aliases file for the real user id.

For example :

Userid bussiere
Contents of /etc/aliases for user bussiere:
--
Postmaster: bussiere@ganymede
owner-reasoning-messages: bussiere@ganymede
bussieres: bussiere@ganymede
l.bussieres: bussiere@ganymede
usenet: bussiere@ganymede
adm: bussiere@ganymede
bussiere: bussiere@ganymede
luc: bussiere@terre
--

From line generated by mush:

From: adm@DMI.USherb.CA (Luc Bussieres)


Is this a bug or is there a variable to set to correct this ?

I'm using mush 7.2.0 on a sun running sunos 4.1












-- 
Luc Bussieres ---- Analyste - Dep. de Mathematiques et Informatique
Universite de Sherbrooke     
Internet : bussiere@dmi.usherb.ca
Tel: (819) 821-7981
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Message-ID: <1991Feb11.152036.11825@DMI.USherb.CA>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!bonnie.concordia.ca!ganymede!bussiere

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!bonnie.concordia.ca!ganymede!bussiere
From: bussiere@DMI.USherb.CA (Luc Bussieres)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: From header generated by mush 7.2.0 is incorrect
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.152036.11825@DMI.USherb.CA>
Date: 11 Feb 91 15:20:36 GMT
Sender: bussiere@DMI.USherb.CA (Luc Bussieres)
Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec
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