Set a forwarding address.

restrictions

Requires SYSPRV or SYSNAM privilege to set or show information for users other than yourself.

Syntax

SET FORWARD forwarding-address

SET NOFORWARD

SHOW FORWARD

Qualifiers	Defaults
/ALL	/NOALL
/LOG	/NOLOG
/UIC="[g,m]"	None
/USER=username	None

Parameters

forwarding-address

Required parameter specifying the address to forward your mail to.

Description

The SET FORWARD command sets or changes a forwarding address for your mail. After you enter this command, any new mail messages will be sent to the forwarding address until such time that you either change it with a subsequent SET FORWARD command, or remove it entirely with the SET NOFORWARD command.

After setting or changing your forwarding address, be sure to show the new setting with the SHOW FORWARD command. Make sure that you did not make a typing mistake. If there is an error in the address, then mail sent to you may be returned to the sender as undeliverable or, worse yet, disappear entirely. Note, however, that when SET FORWARD sets the forwarding address, it "wraps" the address in an IN%" " wrapper. Do not be alarmed by this; it is correct. It is important that this be done as it allows the forwarding to work properly with VMS MAIL.

Examples

EMAIL> SET FORWARD bob@example.com
EMAIL> SHOW FORWARD
Your mail is being forwarded to IN%"bob@example.com".
EMAIL>
      

In this example, the forwarding address is set to be IN%"bob@example.com".

EMAIL> SET FORWARD/USER=CATS-LIST cats-list@example.com
EMAIL> SHOW FORWARD/USER=CATS-LIST
CATS-LIST has mail forwarded to IN%"cats-list@example.com" 
EMAIL>
      

In this example, forwarding is set up for the fictitious user CATS-LIST. This allows mail to be sent to CATS-LIST and have it automatically forwarded to cats-list@example.com.