We've recently enabled munging with 2.1.18-1. I think it's already been 
documented that this causes problems for iOS Mail users where they can no 
longer see who originally sent the messages. I've discovered that there's a bit 
more to it than that, at least in iOS 7.1.2, so I'm posting this in case others 
run into it.

If the email is from "John Smith via list-name <list-n...@list-address.com> and 
if the device owner has *not* created a Contact for list-n...@list-address.com 
on their device, then they'll see at least the left hand part of "John Smith 
via list-name" as the sender in the mail list and also in the From: header when 
they open the email.

But if they *have* created a Contact for the list address, they'll only see the 
name they entered for it in both the mail list and in open emails.

The result is conflicting reports from iOS users about whether iPhones/iPad can 
display who sent a list email or not.

Experimenting with this, I tried altering the list address in the Contacts by 
adding an x on the end of it so that the Mail app wouldn't find it. 
Surprisingly that only made the app display "John Smith via list-name" in open 
emails. It continued to display the Contact name of the list in the mail list.

It wasn't until I added an x in front of the address that it also displayed the 
sender's display name in the mail list.

Peter Shute
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