[mod.computers.vax] shareing mailboxes

DIEHL%v750%germany.CSNET@RELAY.CS.NET (Arno Diehl) (09/23/86)

>   This is probably not new to you guys.  For accounting reasons, I had
>   to create an alias account on the VAX, and it shares the home directory
>   with the 'real' account.  Thus it shares the mailbox as well.

You might auto-forward all the mail to one of the 2 accounts by
   MAIL> SET FORWARD otheraccount 
and read the mail by using that account only.

or:

You enter the command 
   MAIL> SET MAIL_DIRECTORY [.account1]
for account1 and 
   MAIL> SET MAIL_DIRECTORY [.account2]
for the other account.
After having done this the accounts nolonger share the mailbox!

Arno Diehl
University of Karlsruhe
Informatik III
Zirkel 2
D-7500 Karlsruhe