Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

2379.0. "Help Please - Translating FROM_NAME " by POLAR::BOSWICK () Mon Mar 08 1993 19:03

Hi,

Your assistance in getting around a problem that is tied to ALL-IN-1 would be
greatly appreciated. It takes a few paragraphs to explain.

We are currently using an application to send ALL-IN-1 mail messages 
to people based on a stored name in a file.  The person answers the 
message. The application needs to validate that who the
message was sent to is the person that sent back the response.

The application does this by comparing the FROM_NAME in ALL-IN-1 with a name 
stored in a file that it sent the original message to.

While there is no problem validating a message when the person does not have a
'nickname' setup in the message router, when there is one setup (about one
fifth of our users are setup this way, some have double and triple entries),
the application is fooled because the FROM_NAME is not going through the message
router and does not match the name stored in the file.

I am looking for a method to validate that the person the application sent the
message to is the same person that has answered it.
Is there a way to have the message router translate the FROM_NAME, and have it
returned in the mail message?
If not, is there another method to do this validation?

Here's the detail on what happens:

Sample value in fields:

FILE::A1_MAIL_NAME = 'SAMUEL SMITH'  (TO_NAME)

FROM_NAME = 'SMITH.SAM'

ENTRY IN MESSAGE ROUTER = 'SAMUEL SMITH = SMITH.SAM'
ENTRY IN MESSAGE ROUTER = 'SAM SMITH = SMITH.SAM'


The application sends a mail message to  SAMUEL SMITH (from FILE::A1_MAIL_NAME)
it goes through the message router and is translated to SMITH.SAM.  The mail
is sent to SMITH.SAM.  SMITH.SAM approves the message and sends it back.
The application reads the FROM_NAME field(SMITH.SAM) to use as a validation
against the FILE::A1_MAIL_NAME(SAMUEL SMITH), and since they are not equal a 
match does not happen.

We are currently investigating using the badge number field in the profile to 
do this validation, but haven't hit upon a sure fire solution yet.  Another 
avenue we are trying is to use Team Route, but this would be a long term 
solution and we would like to have a solution for the short term.

Any idea's would be greatly appreciated

Mark Boswick  (DTN 621-4006)
Kanata Manufacturing IM&T


P.S. if there is a better notes file to post this question in, please let me know