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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

75.0. "Auto Forward Question" by ISLNDS::GRANT (Carol Grant dtn 229-7025) Fri Feb 21 1992 18:06

    
    Have a user who is upset with the amount of time it takes to
    get his ALL-IN-1 mail.  He has his ALL-IN-1 mail auto forwarded
    to his vaxmail account on another cluster.
    
    When he auto forwards this way it goes out thru the router
    again, but I can't find any documentation on how auto forward
    actually works.
    
    We are running V2.4 of ALL-IN-1 VMS v5.3-4.
    
    Any help or pointers will be appreciated ( I have done a search
    for this question in the mailbus and ALL-IN-1 notes conferences)
    
    Regards,
    Carol

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
75.1	Depends how it is addressed...	AIMTEC::PORTER_T	Terry Porter, ALL-IN-1 Support, Atlanta CSC	`Fri Feb 21 1992 20:53`	17
	If the user has auto-forwarded the mail using the @MRGATE form then the mail will get put on the sender queue, when the sender runs it will get transferred to message router for that node, it will then get tranbsferred to message router on the remote node (which may be more than one hop) which then transfers it to MRGATE, which then puts it in his VMSmail. I am not supprized it it takes a few minutes :-) If the autoforward is addressed in the form _NODE::USER then ALL-IN-1 will pass the mail to VMS mail on the local node and deliver it immediately. The down side of this is that if the mail can not be delivered at that moment (e.g. remote node not available) a non-delivery will be returned. The route via message router will keep retrying for a considerable time (100 tries is the default I thing). The choice is speed or durability ... Terry
75.2	Simpler solution...	SCOTTC::MARSHALL	Pearl-white, but slightly shop-soiled	`Mon Feb 24 1992 14:58`	5
	Assuming the user simply redirects ALL-IN-1 mail to their own VMS account, you could get rid of the auto-forward, and set their MAIDES profile field to VMSMAIL. That way the message gets delivered to VMSmail first time round... Scott
75.3	Same drawback as autoforward to VMSmail	AIMTEC::PORTER_T	Terry Porter, ALL-IN-1 Support, Atlanta CSC	`Mon Feb 24 1992 18:15`	13
	Scott, Good idea, but won't the user' local VMSmail have to forwarded as well? Setting the MAIDS field to VMSMAIL will deliver to the user's local VMSmail account, which must therefore be forwarded to the remote address. If the remote node is not currently reachable a non-delivery will be generated. This means that this option has the same drawback as auto-forwarding to a VMSmail address. Or have I missed something? Terry
75.4	Clarification	SCOTTC::MARSHALL	Pearl-white, but slightly shop-soiled	`Tue Feb 25 1992 11:19`	11
	Hi Terry, >> Or have I missed something? No... my answer wasn't directed at the base note, just an observation on a similar problem. The first sentence of my note said "redirects ALL-IN-1 mail to their own VMS account"; I was suggesting an improvement over auto-forwarding for a local VMS user, not the remote case as described in .0. For that case your answer in .1 is perfect. Scott