Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!LLL-ICDC.ARPA!oberman From: oberman@LLL-ICDC.ARPA ("Oberman, Kevin") Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: RE: naive VMS mail question Message-ID: <8706012351.AA24345@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 13:24:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8706012351.AA24345 Posted: Mon Jun 1 13:24:00 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jun-87 03:08:23 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "Oberman, Kevin" Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 32 >I have never heard of 'mailer', but I suspect you need to put quote >marks around your forwarding address. Try this as a stab in the dark: > set forward mailer%"""""" >(this assumes 'mailer' is a protocol and not a node name) >If 'mailer' is a node name, then maybe try this: > set forward mailer::"""""" >I am interested in hearing what finally works. I believe I understand what's happening here. An earlier message from Hal Brand explained it more completely then I have the time to do, but the MAILER syntax is used in the VMS mail to SMTP interface in Wollongong TCP/IP. And there is no way to either SET FORWARD or use a logical in this syntax. That is because the MAILER program looks at the contents of the `To:' line in the actual mail message for the address. If a logical is used then the logical name, not its translation is placed on the `To:' line. Similarly the forwarding address is not placed in the message text, so forwarding does not work. The only available shortcut is to place the `To:' text on the MAIL command line. This isn't much of a help. I would suggest looking at the PMDF mailer as a substitute for the Wollongong one. Wollongong has promised to re-do their mailer in the next few months, so maybe that one will be better. R. Kevin Oberman Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory arpa: oberman@lll-icdc.arpa (415) 422-6955 Disclaimer: I an not endorsing any product. I work for Uncle Sam and to do so would make him upset. I further take no resposibility for the accuracy of this information. I believe it is correct, but if it's not I can only say "Sorry". ------