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Article #2382Re: Forwarding addresses in VMS Mail
From: Chris M. Little
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 1990 15:30
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 1990 15:30
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In article <179@platypus.uofs.edu> cml8@robin.cs.uofs.edu (Chris M. Little) writes: >When I send mail to a user at onother Internet site, I specify at the TO: >prompt: > SMTP%"user@host.domain" > >I want to set my automatic forwarding address using SET FORWARD to another >Internet site. Is this possible? If so, how? Two things I tried were: > > mail> set forward SMTP%"user@host.domain" and > mail> set forward user@host.domain > >Neither of these worked. E-mail suggestions would be much appreciated. >Thanks. > Thanks to all those who sent a solution. Two solutions that worked were: (1) mail> set forward SMTP%"""user@host.domain""" (2) mail> set forward "SMTP%""user@host.domain""" Essentially, the quotes have to be quoted. So note the number and arrangement of the quotes. -- Chris Little (Graduate Asstistant) - CML8@JAGUAR.UOFS.EDU (VMS) Department of Computing Sciences - CML8@SCRANTON.BITNET (VMS) University of Scranton, Pennsylvania. - CML8@ROBIN.CS.UOFS.EDU (UNIX)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!telly!problem!compus!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!platypus!robin.cs.uofs.edu!cml8 From: cml8@robin.cs.uofs.edu (Chris M. Little) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Forwarding addresses in VMS Mail Keywords: Set forward, VMS, Mail, Internet Message-ID: <184@platypus.uofs.edu> Date: 7 Dec 90 15:30:25 GMT References: <179@platypus.uofs.edu> Sender: news@platypus.uofs.edu Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Scranton, PA. Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.cs.uofs.edu