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- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 17:14:32 -0400
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- From: "Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr" <TERRY@SPCVXA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Sending files to users not on the JNET system?
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- James Dryfoos - Postmaster <DMPM@DUKEMC.BITNET> writes:
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- > (DUKEMC) - No such user DRYFO001. Sending to Dead File Area.
- >
- > which is misleading and generates questions. The file actually does get
- > to user dryfo001@dukemc (that user just happens to be on another system).
- > Creating accounts for each of these users is out of the question as we
- > are talking about thousands. Is there a way to supress these misleading
- > messages? Is there some type of alias file that can be created? That is
- > how I do the mail bit (using PMDF aliases).
-
- You could probably do something with the MFSDISP exit in Jnet. That will
- let you do whatever you want with files and mail. It's documented in the
- "green book".
-
- Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
- terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
- terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381
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