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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

3353.0. "DL,PROFILE and #EMDADDRESS" by ZPOVC::CHINGYUE () Mon Oct 04 1993 10:24

    If I have a System Distribution List, name D(TTD):
    and a ALL-IN-1 account, TTD_Janet on a v2.4 ALL-IN-1 IOS system,
    the following scenario can be seen.
    
    At EMDHEAD's TO field, if I were to enter D(TTD), without the ':',
    colon, TTD_Janet string get displayed instead of the System DL.
    
    The A1trace.log shows #EMDADDRESS to be TTD
    
    If I were to enter D(TTD):, the System Dl will be displayed. 
    
    Why does the above work in this manner ? Shouldn't #EMDADDRESS be
    D(TTD) ?
    
    Appreciate any help.
    ching-U
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3353.1IOSG::MAURICEDifferently hirsuteMon Oct 04 1993 11:3319
    Hi,
    
    No - it's working as expected. You have entered a valid mail address of
    the form 
    
    	Pretty Name (Mail address)
    
    Since there are no @ or "AT"s in the Mail address, the code will search
    for an ALL-IN-1 user name that matches. If there is not an exact match
    then a search is made for a name that begins with the string ("TTD" in
    your example).
    
    We have recommended for a long time that customers use System Distribution
    List names beginning with "@" rather than ending with ":", and this
    would help here.
    
    Cheers
    
    Stuart
3353.2Where to find the doc ?ZPOVC::CHINGYUETue Oct 05 1993 02:3716
    Struat,
    
    I couldn't find the documentation descripting 
    
    	Pretty Name (Mail address)
    
    The Mail Management guide pointed out that the search order is
    distribution list before Profile.dat
    
    Could you point me to the right documentation so that I may have
    a better understanding of how ALL-IN-1 Mail system searches for
    a name match.
    
    Thanks a lot for the quick response.
    
    ching-U
3353.3Filling in the documentation gapsGIDDAY::SETHIMy name is Sunil without the HTue Oct 05 1993 03:3038
    Hi Ching-U,
    
    I remember reading about this sometime ago back in the 2.0 days, when
    the addressing formats were changed and NETWORK.DAT was introduced. 
    Prior to NETWORK.DAT you had PROFILE update, believe me version 1 was a
    dog of a system to manage, unlike now.
    
    What Stuart has said is correct and that's the way ALL-IN-1 IOS works. 
    I cannot find the 2.0 doc set, for 3.0 Mail Mangement Guide page 4-4 or
    2-8 for 2.4.  I must admit that it does not mention that the "@" is the
    perfered choice.
    
    To give you an example, if you enter a valid username the address
    displayed is:
    
    Friendly name   (ALL-IN-1 IOS ADDRESSING FORMAT or X.400)
    
    You can change the "Friendly name" to whatever you like but not what's
    in the "()".  What's enclosed in the brakets is used by ALL-IN-1 IOS to
    send the mail to user, that's the addressing information.
    
    What I have done sometimes is to enter the username and the address is
    displayed.  I than over type the "Friendly name" to whatever I like
    making sure that the information in the "()" is NOT changed and I send
    the message.
    
    So when you entered D(DDT), ALL-IN-1 IOS looked at the information
    contained in the "()" and proceeded to process it.  It found a match
    and displayed the correct username as expected, as Stuart has said that
    is how it works.
    
    The above pages that i have mentioned give details of the search order
    so I will not discuss the search order.  I hope that I have filled in
    the gaps left by the documentation.
    
    Regards,
    
    Sunil