[Info-vax] Use of logical names other than I/O redirection

[Craig A. Berry]

On 9/12/22 1:43 PM, Bob Gezelter wrote:
> On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 2:18:11 PM UTC-4, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:

>> You can use logical names for recipients! I don't know if this is a true story, but someone did a
>> $ DEFINE MORON <user-address>
>> And when the person received it, it should that it was sent to MORON!
>>
>> I suppose that's harmless enough for personal use. I suppose one could make "public" logical names for positions like systems administrator, or HR Head, who might change from time to time.
> Alan,
> 
> For role-based addressing, a practice I recommended in multiple editions of the "Computer Security Handbook", SET /FORWARD is a better choice than logical names.
> 

Why not distribution lists?