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In the article I am commenting on, it was pointed out that TOPS-20
allows for editing of the From: line for the case where a secretary
might want to send mail in the name of (pronoun)'s boss.

You do not need to edit the ``From:'' line to do this. Arpa RFC822
supports the ``Sender:'' field to provide this functionality. Here's a
concrete example: in the mail distribution system I developed (Quadratron
System's Q-MAIL), you can send mail from another user's desk. (This 
would be done by a secretary in such a situation). In this case, the
mail program is given the name of the user who the mail is ``from''; 
this is used for the``From:'' line; the name associated with the current
uid is used as the sender.

As for non-ARPA systems, (or ARPA systems where you cannot change the
From line), I just put in a ``Sent-For:'' header item (ARPA: x-sent-for:)
which contains the appropriate information.

Daniel Faigin
Quadratron Systems, Encino
UCLA

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