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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 02:15:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: Wm Brian McCane <root@bmccane.uit.net>
To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: My postings to this list.
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On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, J Wunsch wrote:

> As Wm Brian McCane wrote:
> 
> > Whenever I post to mailing-list(s), and 
> > look at my mail in pine (3.91).  Instead of seeing my name in the list as 
> > the poster, I see "To: hackers@freebsd.org" or something similar.  Is 
> > this correct?
> 
> That's your mailer telling you that this was your posting.  Since you
> probably know your name already, the mailer thought it would be better
> to tell you where you've been sending the mail to.
> 
Thanks to all who replied.  I assumed that I was just seeing the "To:" 
because I posted it, but it always just strikes me as odd.

	brian