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Subj:	Re: VMS V4-V5 Mail differences


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From:     nagy%warner.hepnet@LBL.Gov (Frank J. Nagy, VAX Wizard & Guru)
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Subject: Re: VMS V4-V5 Mail differences
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> The forwarding was set with:
>     SET FORWARD "CPWSCA::WEBB,_STUBBORN"

This only worked in VMS V4.x by a fluke.  It does not work in VMS V5.0 and
there is no workaround.

> Can anyone suggest any alternate means to set mail forwarding to more than one
> address?  (Note that setting forwarding to "@dist-list" does not work.)
     
We also use the V4.x "feature" to forward to a list of people.  Since I knew
beforehand that this would break in V5, I undertook to write a foreign
protocol handler for VMS mail.  This allows addresses of the format:

	DISTRIBUTOR%"name,name,name..."

to be used, especially with SET FORWARD.  My foreign protocol handler then
uses Mail-11 to talk to the MAIL DECnet object to handle delivery to the
individual names in the DISTRIBUTOR list.  This is working well under VMS
V4.x - however, I have not yet tested this under VMS V5 (but have hopes
that it will work).  [Thanks to nodes and code distributed on Info-VAX
from Kevin Carosso and Bertrand Buclin, I was able to make this work after
about 4 days.]

If you are interested in a copy of my code, please send me MAIL.  I can
send copies of the sources (MACRO and C) via VMS_SHARE or savesets via
Bitnet but do not have Internet FTP access available.


= Frank J. Nagy   "VAX Guru & Wizard"
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