[rt-users] attaching user information when replying to a ticket

[Ruslan U. Zakirov]

Paul McAlister wrote:
>>Set the $UseFriendlyFromLine variable in RT_SiteConfig.pm.
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> I have copied the variable across from C:\Program
> Files\OurInternet\Request Tracker\rt\etc\RT_Config.pm.in into
> RT_SiteConfig.pm and set the values of UsefriendlyFromLine to both 0 and
> 1, but see no difference in the format. Do you need to reinstall rt, or
> should I see the changes immediately when I add this line to
> RT_SiteConfig.pm.
You must restart http server to see changes.


> 
> Also shouldn't Usefriendlyfromline default to 1 anyway when installed?
> In which case, is the reason I am having these problems the result of me
> using version 3.0.12 instead of an earlier version?
> 
> Paul
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>>* paulm at fedinternational.com (Paul McAlister) [Wed 03 Nov 2004, 08:07
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> CET]:
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>>>Hi we are a support firm, and have just begun looking at request
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> tracker
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>>>as a way of tracking the progress of our support calls. We have
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> created
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>>>a default queue called support of which all our support email enters
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> rt
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>>>so that we can monitor their progress. 
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>>Good choice.  Please also turn off HTML when mailing a list.  And
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> double
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>>postings are discouraged.
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>>>The problem we are finding is that when we receive a support email
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> and
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>>>it enters rt as a new ticket, when we reply to the sender through the
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> rt
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>>>interface the header of the email back to the sender is of the form:-
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>>>From: postmaster at brown on behalf of support at ourdomain.com
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>>That's Outlook's fault, interpreting the Sender: header...
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>>>What we would like to do is have the email coming back with the From
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> tag
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>>>as:-
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>>>postmaster at brown; on behalf of on behalf of My Name via RT
>>>[support at ourdomain.com].
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>>Set the $UseFriendlyFromLine variable in RT_SiteConfig.pm.
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>>	-- Niels.
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