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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 05:02:45 GMT
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- From: "Daniel C. Newman" <DAN@INNOSOFT.COM>
- Subject: RE: forwarding mail for testing
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- >>> I am trying to evaluate MS-Mail. To help do this I would like to have
- >>> all mail that is sent to my VMS mail account also sent to my MS-Mail
- >>> account. I am currently using the W action of deliver to do this, but it
- >>> does not keep the original headers intact. Any suggestions on how I can
- >>> accomplish this? I use deliver for other purposes also. Could I
- >>> eliminate the W action in my MAIL.DELIVERY file, change my forwarding
- >>> address in VMS mail to be: in%"~cvm,cvm@msmail.ucc.nau.edu" and still
- >>> have deliver work?
- >>
- >>Use the P action instead of W or F. The problem with W and F is that they
- >>use VMS MAIL to forward the message and this is too much of a disruption to
- >>the headers. If you use the P action, then PMDF SEND will be used instead
- >>of VMS MAIL:
- >>
- >> * * * A P "cvm@msmail.ucc.nau.edu"
- >>
- >>Dan
- >
- > The P action keeps the headers intact but it does not leave the
- > originator of the message as the sender. What I really need is a an
- > action that uses PMDF SEND to send the mail and makes the From: field be
- > the original sender of ther message.
-
- You will find absolutely no easy way to do this in PMDF since it is, after all,
- a violation of the relevant standards. (That is, it is intentionally
- difficult.) The only way you'll be able to do this is to write your own PMDF
- channel.
-
- Dan
-