| Title: | *OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference | 
| Notice: | Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1 | 
| Moderator: | IOSG::PYE | 
| Created: | Thu Jan 30 1992 | 
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 23 1996 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 4343 | 
| Total number of notes: | 18308 | 
    Using Nicknames causes Overhead
    
    when having the following situation:
    
    When oa$dds_prime = 2
    and the Nickname created picked up his mail address is coming from the 
    mail directory. For example Nickname= Boss
    				adress= pieceofsurname + PF1 L
    which fills in the complete surname as address. (only the surname) !
    
    Now when sending a mail and entering the Nickname as a To: address
    the message is sent using the reverse lookup adress although this is
    a local ALL-IN-1 user. So there is no need to pass thru Message Router.
    
    Although I know this is the way it is supposed to work, I'm asking
    if it could be done , when creating the Nickname this way to detect
    if its a local reverse lookup adres then only retain the username for
    building the address ?
    
    regards,
    Luc Vebraeken.
      
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1491.1 | Can't be done (although I'll be happy to be proven wrong) | SCOTTC::MARSHALL | Do you feel lucky? | Thu Sep 24 1992 11:19 | 11 | 
| I don't think you can do this. When a nickname is entered on form EMHEAD, the nickname address is always validated, even if it already looks like a validated mail address. So even if you customised the nicknames form to make your nickname addresses look like "Name ( Address )", ALL-IN-1 would still validate the "Address" part on form EMHEAD, and as OA$DDS_PRIME=2, this is going to go to DDS. Scott | |||||