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Subject: Re: Mail forwarding to internet addresses
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In article <1994Aug17.145025.4880@eisner>, 
    				neyman@eisner.decus.org (Roger Neyman) writes:
[snip...]
> Modest **FLAME ALERT**  (sorry)
> 
> I've been reading the followup to this posting and frankly am amazed at how 
> many postings waste bandwidth with "something like..." and "...might work"
> 
> Endof **FLAME ALERT**

    That's because people are  leery  of  becoming  flambé.  :-) OTOH, I
    agree  that  if a person hasn't verified that what they're about  to
    post is correct, perhaps  they  should  rethink  posting.   Besides,
    those "wiggle words" don't seem to be very effective as flame-suits.

[snip, snip...]

> The full syntax of THE command withing MAIL that works is:
>  
>     MAIL> SET FORWARD "in%""user@yet.a.nuther.inet.addr.disorg"""

        As with many other things in life and science, "THE" is too
    restrictive.  You've given ONE version that does work correctly.
    Two others are:

        MAIL> SET FORWARD IN%"""user@yet.a.nuther.inet.addr.disorg"""

    and

        MAIL> SET FORWARD IN%yet.a.nuther.inet.addr.disorg::user

    Notice that the last version doesn't  require _any_ quotes.  I don't
    particularly recommend using it, but it's something to stuff in your
    drawer with your other arcana...

	-Ken 
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