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From: cole@sas.UUCP (Tom Cole)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Fun and games with VMS MAIL
Summary: removing bogus forwarding
Message-ID: <519@sas.UUCP>
Date: 27 May 88 13:46:50 GMT
References: <8805260800.AA19275@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.,Cary NC,25712
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In article <8805260800.AA19275@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, OBERMAN@ICDC.LLNL.GOV ("Kevin Oberman, LLNL, 422-6955, L-156", 415) 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
> 
> SET FORWARD/USER=HELP MANAGER
> 
> If you wish to remove the phoney record, use SYS$EXAMPLES:MAILUAF.COM. Please
> note that MAIL changes quite a bit in V5, and both MAILUAF.COM and VMSMAIL.DAT
> are no longer there. I can confirm that the SET FORWARD still works, but
> I'm not sure how to remove the bogus record.
> 

Actually removing it is just as easy:

SET NOFORWARD/USER=HELP        

will do just what you want when you desire to get rid of it.  Actually,
I didn't know any of this before I read the original posting.  The help
just say (cryptically) that users with suitable privelege can set forwards
for any user, but declines to admit how this can be done.  Zow-ey, Batman!


Tom Cole
SAS Institute
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