NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/vmsnet/mail/pmdf/2603/text0000.txt

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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,[e-mail]" 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 "[e-mail]"
>>
>>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