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In article <0096365E.615FEA60.12219@EIMONI.TUWIEN.AC.AT>,
 "Franz Schoenbauer,Computer Science,Vienna,Austria, +43-1-58801-4126" writes:
>I'm using MX V3.1C, VMS 5.5-1 and i have set a personal name in
>VMS-mail. When i send a message out it appears as
>
>From: "Franz Schoenbauer,Computer Science,Vienna,Austria, +43-1-58801-4126"
>      <system@EIMONI.TUWIEN.AC.AT>
>
>at the unix box. Is this a valid from line ?

Yes.  It's actually two lines, though. 

>I've had trouble suscribing to mailing lists and it turned out
>people couldn't use my from line, and were expecting something
>like
>
>From: franzi (Franz Schoenbauer)
>
>which is the from line i see when i receive mail from the unix
>box on VMS via MX.

That is technically valid, too (provided for "franzi" you actually
have a valid "user@host"-type address).

I suspect that the problem is that the mailing lists that are having problems
are having them because your address spans multiple lines.  If you were
to shorten your personal name (make it just your name, for example, leaving
the rest of the information to a signature file), you would probably have
an easier time.

BTW, it appears that the software that gateways the MX-List mailing list
to the vmsnet.mail.mx newsgroup (which is where I read this stuff) also has
problems with your From: line, most likely because it spans multiple lines.

-Matt
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