[Mimedefang] OT - Problem sending display name

[Damrose, Mark]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Cormack [mailto:ken.cormack at roadway.com]


> He's trying to get 
> the "display name" to go along with the <sender at address> in 
> the MAIL FROM: 
> portion of the SMTP dialogue.  I've tried finding a clear 
> specific reference 
> for the syntax, but have come up empty.  Is this something 
> that should be 
> done in the header or the envelope?  Does anyone have an 
> example of the 
> specific syntax?


Header
The MAIL FROM is only the address.  What is commonly used 
for a display, is taken from the From: header.
From: "display name" <sender at address>

It may not be exactly "clear", but see
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2821.html - defines SMTP
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html - defines message format