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Subj:	using logical names for long addresses.

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From: "Kent C. Brodie" <moocow!brodie@CSD4.MILW.WISC.EDU>
Subject: using logical names for long addresses.
To: vmsnet@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU
Message-Id: <8907190141.AA13388@csd4.milw.wisc.edu>
X-Vms-Mail-To: VMSNET

Although decus UUCP (a.k.a. "vmsnet") is slick as hell, I've often
found it a pain to type (and remember!) various uucp addresses that
I use often.   

The OBVIOUS solution is to use vms logical name assignments.  What is NOT
obvious is how to get it exactly right, making sure you get the quotes
done correctly.   Even after YEARS of using vms, i STILL had to try it
a few times before I got it right.

The proper form is:

$ assign uucp%"""user@pathname""" localname

Bang paths are also valid:

$ assign uucp%"""node2!node1!user""" localname2


A file similar to the following should go into your LOGIN.COM file
(or at least be called from there).   These assignments should be done
on a USER basis, not SYSTEM.    Additionally, you should double-check
your system to make sure that the "logical names" you are assigning 
the addresses to aren't a valid username/mailname on your site!

The following is a small portion of my file.

$! The VMSNET working group
$ assign uucp%"""uunet!simpact!jeh"""		jeh
$ assign uucp%"""ta2@esther.acci.com"""		ta2
$ assign uucp%"""uunet!lupine!infopiz!mark"""	mark
$!
$! The VMSNET mailing list
$ assign uucp%"""vmsnet@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU"""	vmsnet
$!
$! Other common addresses:
$!
$!   etc..........
$!


Now, as you all gussed, life is MUCH simpler, because in mail I can
now do something like:

MAIL> SEND
To: vmsnet
Subject:   blahblahblah

Instead of:

MAIL> SEND
To: UUCP%"vmsnet@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU"
Subject:  boy, was that a pain to type.



Anyway, you get the idea.   Suggestion:   (for jamie/tom/mark):  include
this in the documentation somewhere??

-kent

Kent C. Brodie	Systems Manager at Large - Medical College of WI
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