Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!psivax!nrcvax!kvc
From: kvc@nrcvax.UUCP (Kevin Carosso)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: MAIL FORWARDING WITH WIN/TCP
Message-ID: <1333@nrcvax.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 87 22:28:11 GMT
References: <8712110139.AA29034@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: kvc@minnie.UUCP (Kevin Carosso)
Organization: Network Research Corp.  Oxnard, CA
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In article <8712110139.AA29034@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> "SYSTEM MANAGER"  writes:
>We are using Wollongong's WIN/TCP software with the shared deuna option on our
>VAX 8300. Some of our users would like to have their VMS and MILNET mail 
>forwarded over our local ethernet to their personal computers via TCP/IP. Is it 
>possible for an individual user to set this for himself using the SET FORWARD 
>command in VMS MAIL, specifying MAILER!user@hostname for the forwarding address?
>I have not been able to get this to work, but seem to remember reading 
>somewhere that it could be done. We could use the file SMTP.CONF to do this, 
>but we would prefer to leave this task up to the user since the addresses may
>be subject to change fairly often. Any help with this would be greatly
>appreciated.
>                                          Barbara Mellon

VMS MAIL will not let you set up a forwarding address like that.  The
"!" is a comment character and is pulled out of forwarding addresses when
they are stored.  The real problem is that the Wollongong mailer kludge
is a fairly stupid way of doing business anyway.  I would suggest you
install the PMDF mail system which uses the VMS MAIL foreign protocol
mechanism to hook the MAIL utility up to many different delivery
systems, including Wollongong TCP/IP.  PMDF is available for the cost
of distribution (currently $50) from:

	Ned Freed
	PMDF Project
	Harvey Mudd College
	Claremont, CA 91711
	(714) 621-8006
	ned@ymir.bitnet