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From: carl@CITHEX.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Logical Mail Forwarding?
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Date: 24 May 88 12:11:28 GMT
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 > Does anyone know if the following is possible?

It's impossible to tell unless you tell us more about your system.  For
example, what software are you using to deliver bitnet and arpanet mail?
Does it respect VMS mail forwarding?

 > 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"?

For the VMS mail part of it,
	$ MAIL
	MAIL> SET FORWARD/USER=HELP MANAGER
from an process with SYSNAM priv.