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From: jmb@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John M Boof)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Logical Mail Forwarding?
Summary: VMSMAIL file must be modified for all forwarding.
Keywords: mail forward
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Date: 22 May 88 10:44:16 GMT
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In article <283@unocss.UUCP> dent@unocss.UUCP (David B. Caplinger) writes:
>Does anyone know if the following is possible?
>Without actually setting up an account called (for example) "HELP",
>is it possible to set up some kind of logical or something to have any
>incoming mail addressed to "HELP" (even from bitnet, arpanet, etc)
>to be forwarded to a specific person, (for example) "MANAGER"?
>

You can re-route local mail with a system logical, but that won't work
with other mail protocols such as used to direct mail through BITNET
on the VMS systems I've seen.  You need to alter the info in the VMSMAIL
file.  You can do this with a program, but why not set up an account?
You can even delete the account after setting up the forwarding address,
since VMSMAIL is not synchronous to the UAF file.

...JMBoof
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