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@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS former is set by the SMTP agent while the latter is easily spoofable by the end user. + [ The possible causes for envelope sender munging taking place are + many, but the "owner-alias" sendmail feature probably deserves + special mention: + + If mail arrives for list "foo", and there is an alias entry for + "owner-foo" as well, the envelope sender of the message will be + changed to the single-level expansion of the "owner-foo" alias. + + Code has been included in post-1.0rc2 Mailman releases to try + working around the problem this (unconfigurable) sendmail feature + constitutes. Prior to this, some people worked around the + problem by not including the suggested "owner-LISTNAME" alias + entries for Mailman lists in their alias files. ] + However, if you are having this problem, you may opt to favor the From: header over the envelope sender. Do this by adding the following line to your mm_cfg.py file: |