On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Gary wrote:
> >I find myself wondering, though: can the from: line of the email possibly
> >be changed to include the identity of the logged-in webboard poster?
> >Right now they all read `From: brnetboard@TUARHIEVEL.ORG`, and then down
> >in the message body comes `Lord Eldred wrote:` (for example). A post from
> >an email-user will come across the list as
> >`From: daniel mcsorley <mcsorley@cis.ohio-state.edu>`, and it`s easier to
> >figure out who you`re replying to. Combined, that would end up as
> >`From: Lord Eldred <brnetboard@TUARHIEVEL.ORG>`, probably.
>
> Hm. That`s an interesting idea, but it might be kind of tough.... The
> listserver requires that messages come from a subscriber or it will respond
> with that "You are not subscribed to list <whatever>" message. If posts
> came with particular email addresses from the message board then they`d get
> bounced unless that particular poster was both a birthright.net member and
> a birthright-l subscriber.

Right, but it`s the email address that`s registered, not any particular
name. So if the `from:` included `brnetboard@tuarhievel.org`, as its
address, the rest of the line is purely cosmetic, and theoretically you
could put any name in front of the email address (in braces) that you
desired. oracle.wizards.com should allow it. So you could have
`From: Geeman <brnetboard@TUARHIEVEL.ORG>`
`From: Lord Eldred <brnetboard@TUARHIEVEL.ORG>` and both would be posted
correctly.

I just realized that`s not rendering correctly on the board; in html, the
line would look like
`From: whoever <brnetboard@TUARHIEVEL.ORG>`. (less the quotemarks,
of course.)
--
Communication is possible only between equals.
Daniel McSorley- mcsorley@cis.ohio-state.edu

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