[Info-vax] %MAIL-E-UAFGETERR, error reading user authorization file

[Hein RMS van den Heuvel]

On Nov 5, 8:41 pm, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
undress to reply) wrote:
> In article
> <8c74153f-a6ec-4abb-a073-fc58048a0... at x7g2000prj.googlegroups.com>, Hein
> RMS van den Heuvel <heinvandenheu... at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > The UAFGETERR is reported for any error other then RNF (record not
> > found) but only for the Original VAXMAIL code.
>
> Right.  Submitted to SYS$BATCH, and it ended up on a VAX.

Stop doing that. Submit to a queue served only by Alphas or
better. :-)

> Doing SET FORWARD within MAIL (within the proper context) seems to be the most
> efficient way to get an incoming post redirected to a "random"  moderator.

You got it working, so it is a moot point, but sometimes using LOGICAL
NAMES for USERNAMES is more efficient. MAIL will try to translate
usernames as logical names allowing you to redirect that way. It
honors the leading underscore  ( _xxxx )convention to NOT translate
those.

Hein.