The from_is_list feature does not identify the poster in From: if the poster's From: has no display name.

Bug #1304511 reported by Mark Sapiro
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNU Mailman
Fix Released
Low
Mark Sapiro

Bug Description

The from_is_list feature creates a new From: header of the form

From: realname via lists_real_name <list_posting_address>

where realname is the display name from the posters From:. If the poster's From: has no display name, this string is null. It should contain at least the local part of the poster's From: address in this case.

It probably should not contain the domain part because this will result in

From: "<email address hidden> via The_list" <email address hidden>

and the presence of two different domain names in the From: header, even if one is in the display name, is said to be an indication of spaminess, so we should make this

From: "user--- via The_list" <email address hidden>

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Mark Sapiro (msapiro)
Changed in mailman:
assignee: nobody → Mark Sapiro (msapiro)
importance: Undecided → Low
milestone: none → 2.1.18
status: New → Fix Committed
Mark Sapiro (msapiro)
summary: The from_is_list feature does not identify the poster in From: if the
- proser's From: has no display name.
+ poster's From: has no display name.
Mark Sapiro (msapiro)
Changed in mailman:
milestone: 2.1.18 → 2.1.18rc1
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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