On 11/4/21 5:48 PM, Rich Morin wrote:
I'm a member of the "Linux for blind general discussion" list (blinux-l...@redhat.com), which uses 
Mailman.  Some time ago, the list was having problems with folks spamming members, using addresses harvested 
from the "From" lines of messages.  So, the list admins opted to change the "From" line 
to simply say:

Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-l...@redhat.com>

Although this solved the immediate problem, it also resulted in some confusion, 
because all postings are now anonymous by default.  Is there a configuration 
option that would (say) result in a From line that only reveals the poster's 
name, but not their email address?


Presumably, they did this by making the list anonymous. Rather than doing that, the only other configuration is to set from_is_list to Munge From. This will make the from look like

Jane Doe via Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-l...@redhat.com>

but this won't totally hide the poster's address as the original from will be placed in either CC or Reply-To depending on other settings. Also, if the original from is just something like j...@example.com without a display name and that list member also has no real name attribute on the list, the from will become

jdoe--- via Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-l...@redhat.com>

I.e. it will include the poster's username, but not the email domain.

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