When managing user accounts, you might have to manage a user's
mail account. For example, you may want to perform the following
tasks:
Change a user's mail profile; for
example, change a user name or specify a default print queue for
the account
Set a forwarding address for a user who has moved
to another location
Disable a user's account from receiving mail
Customize a user's mail environment by setting flags
in a user's UAF record
The following sections explain how to perform all of these
tasks.
Modifying a User Record All users can modify and display information about their own
records using various SET and SHOW commands available within Mail.
These commands access SYS$SYSTEM:VMSMAIL_PROFILE.DATA, which is
a single-key indexed sequential file containing information for
each user.
With SYSNAM, you can change the mail forwarding address for
a user (including one without an account) on the system with the
Mail utility command SET FORWARD/USER=user.
Removing a User Record Typically, once you have
deleted a user's record in the UAF, you will also want to remove
that user's information from the user profile database. You can
remove a record from the user profile database with the REMOVE command.
AUTHORIZE Flags and Mail Certain flags set in a user's UAF record can affect the user's
Mail environment. You can set the appropriate flags in a user account
by specifying the following flags with the /FLAGS qualifiers using
AUTHORIZE:
Flag
Meaning
[NO]DISNEWMAIL
Enables or disables the
display of the new mail count when the user logs in to the system.