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- From: gvrod@isuvax.iastate.edu (R Eldridge, VMS FOREVER)
- Subject: Re: Tool to edit vmsmail_profile.data
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:50:49 GMT
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- >franz@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (Chris Franz) asks:
- >
- >Running VMS 5.5-1 on VAX 6410
- >
- >I need a tool (command procedure) to edit vmsmail_profile.data.
- >Does such an animal exist?
-
-
- >marshall@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM (Bob Marshall) writes:
- > [...text deleted...]
- > So, my question to Chris is, "What the hell is it you really want to do?"
- >
-
-
- >franz@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (Chris Franz) replies:
- >I guess brevity is not a virtue in this group. Let me follow the
- >guidelines and elaborate. Our VMS environment is very dynamic. I
- >create and delete hundreds of accounts every semester. When an
- >account is terminated (files backed up and deleted, username removed
- >from sysuaf and quota file), I wanted a way to remove all mail
- >customization the user had done. The defusing of a forwarding
- >address, resetting the mail directory, and zeroing the new mail
- >count are three things that can be done using various approaches
- >as mentioned above, however, a record for that username remains
- >in the mail profile. Over time, old bones start to accumulate
- >in the closet. I wanted a way to remove the the username and
- >all of its associated settings from vmsmail_profile.data.
- >
-
- on my system (running vms v5.5-2), i use MAIL to remove the username:
-
- $ MAIL
- MAIL> HELP REMOVE
-
- REMOVE
-
-
- Removes a user record from the profile (a data file containing the
- mail information for local MAIL users). You need SYSPRV privilege to
- remove a record.
-
-
- Format:
-
- REMOVE username
-
- [...]
- MAIL> EXIT
- ___
- rod eldridge
- vms systems support | gvrod@isuvax.iastate.edu
- iowa state university | gvrod@isuvax.bitnet
-