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Managing Mail  



When managing user accounts, you might have to manage a user's mail account. For example, you may want to perform the following tasks:

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.
[NO]DISMAIL
Allows or restricts the receipt of new mail.


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