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From: bob@trojan (Bob Firestine)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Logical Mail Forwarding?
Message-ID: <267@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM>
Date: 23 May 88 20:33:55 GMT
References: <283@unocss.UUCP>
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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"?

As others have suggested, you can use logical names.  You can also use
VMSMAIL.DAT even without creating accounts, e.g.,

       MAIL> SET FORWARD /USER=HELP MANAGER

You can also edit VMSMAIL.DAT with SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSHELP.EXAMPLES]MAILUAF.COM.
If you use the logical name VMSMAIL to define the location of VMSMAIL.DAT,
i.e., if VMSMAIL.DAT isn't located in SYS$SYSTEM, then you'll have to modify
MAILUAF.COM.


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