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Subject: Re: Logical Mail Forwarding?
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From: mitch@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu  (Mitch Collinsworth)
Organization: Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Subject: Re: Logical Mail Forwarding?
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>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"?
 
Just get into mail under an account that has SYSNAM privilege and
 
SET FORWARD/USER=HELP MANAGER
 
An account named HELP doesn't need to exist for this to work.
(Yes, I've done this before.)
 
-Mitch Collinsworth
 mitch@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu