[comp.soft-sys.andrew] fake From: address?

pst@ACK.STANFORD.EDU (Paul Traina) (02/13/91)

Is there an easy way to tell AMS applications to falsify my From: address for
all network mail?  I'd like the mail to appear as:
	From: pst@jessica.Stanford.EDU
as opposed to
	From: pst+@ir.Stanford.EDU

Paul

nsb@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Nathaniel Borenstein) (02/14/91)

You can use the init file mechanism to set up a menu item like "Send
with Reply-To" to add an appropriate Reply-To header, which probably
isn't what you want.  There's not a general mechanism for faking the
From field, though -- in general we thought it was something that
shouldn't be faked.  There are options for how the return address is
built, though, especially if you're using AMDS, and these might make you
happy.  They're documented under "help AndrewSetup".  If you want to
hack, the code is in ams/libs/ms/init.c -- what you're worried about is
the definition of "MyPrettyAddress".  Good luck.  -- Nathaniel

Craig_Everhart@TRANSARC.COM (02/15/91)

You can cause Messages to add a Reply-to: header at send time that can
have any address you want.  One convenient way to do this is by making a
new ``Send'' menu item that adds the new header just before sending.

Why not have ir.stanford.edu forward your mail to jessica.stanford.edu?

		Craig