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Conference 44.370::system_management

Title:	system management communications forum

Moderator:	CHEST::THOMPSON

Created:	Fri Mar 21 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jul 08 1993
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	490
Total number of notes:	2018

251.0. "MAIL in command procedures in batch under V5" by CURRNT::DAW (VTX does it with pages !!) Fri Jun 16 1989 13:11

    Hi all,
    
    well so much for information sharing !
    
    I've spent the last few weeks having severe problems sending mail
    via distribution lists under V5, The problem was that if anyone at
    all received the mail, it was only the first person in the list
    that got it. This happened when I used a command procedure to send
    the mail (which was submitted in batch).
    
    The solution is extremely simple, and having had the problem sorted
    out by IS for me, I find that several other people from other
    groups new of the problem and the solution.
    
    Basically under V5, distibution lists should be enclosed in quotes:
    "@DIST.DIS"

    Anyway, Do have fun 
    
    Have fun sending your mails to distibution lists in batch, in future,
    I know I will.
    
    Regards,
    
    Rob

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
251.1		BACK::HAYCOX	Baby you make me go Brummm Brumm...	`Mon Jun 19 1989 18:46`	6
	Distribution lists DON'T work and are NOT supported (never have), use them under pain of not sending mail. Press KP7 for more info. Ian.
251.2		VULCAN::EBDON		`Tue Jun 20 1989 10:35`	16
	>< Note 251.1 by BACK::HAYCOX "Baby you make me go Brummm Brumm..." > > > Distribution lists DON'T work and are NOT supported (never have), > use them under pain of not sending mail. Completely untrue! Distribution lists have been a documented feature of MAIL since 3.7 (and probably a lot longer). Are you saying that DEC are supplying and documenting facilities which it has no intention to support, without bothering to tell the customers about it? If you use distribution lists when setting a forwarding address then you will get problems, but this feature was never documented, and V5.* attempts to trap it. Standard distribution lists, as mentioned in .0, work as documented and ARE supported. Terry
251.3	AGREE!!	CURRNT::DAW	VTX does it with pages !!	`Tue Jun 20 1989 19:41`	7
	Thanks Terry, Having just read the V5 mail documentation I have to agree with you ! Rob
251.4	A question for the consultants ??	CHEST::BATEMAN	If you can't stand the heat ...	`Thu Jun 07 1990 13:56`	7
	Does anyone have experience of extracting data from MAIL, then formating it into records as input into application software ?? Failing that .. any documentation, contacts or pointers ?? Thanks.
251.5	An answer from one of 'em..	CURRNT::RUSSELL	I should have got a Duracell!!	`Thu Jun 07 1990 15:47`	7
	Ummm, sorry Chris, I can't help in this area... I guess that TPU can help in this kind of work, though... try their notes conference. Peter.
251.6	Use callable mail	BACK::haycox	Ian	`Fri Jun 08 1990 10:38`	4
	In the default DECnet account on CHEST I have placed the callable mail draft manual. Ian.
251.7	thanks	CHEST::BATEMAN	If you can't stand the heat ...	`Fri Jun 08 1990 17:32`	1

251.8		CURRNT::OTTEN	Reality.. Wossat??	`Mon Jun 11 1990 17:34`	4
	CATS, Supported by what was the TRU does this... David