I found that netmail responses I was getting from a uplinks AREAFIX were addressed to "Sysop" and I wasn't able to read them... until I changed my
name to "Sysop".

Can I keep the name of my chosing and still be able to read messages
addressed to Sysop?

Thanks!

<-=- Gary aka HSM -=->
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Hello HSM,

I found that netmail responses I was getting from a uplinks AREAFIX
were addressed to "Sysop" and I wasn't able to read them... until I changed my name to "Sysop".

Can I keep the name of my chosing and still be able to read messages addressed to Sysop?

Yes, you may need one or more forward = lines with your RN or alias

forward = Sysop;HSM

Chech the ImportEchoMail section of mutil.ini

Ttyl :-),
Al

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I found that netmail responses I was getting from a uplinks AREAFIX were addressed to "Sysop" and I wasn't able to read them... until I changed my name to "Sysop".

Can I keep the name of my chosing and still be able to read messages addressed to Sysop?

You can forward any name to any other name, so you could put an entry for "SysOp" in your mailin.ini (or whatever you use to import) so anything addressed to SysOp will forward to HSM.

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Yes, you may need one or more forward = lines with your RN or alias

forward = Sysop;HSM

Chech the ImportEchoMail section of mutil.ini

That's what I was needing! Thanks!

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Hello HSM!

On 06 Mar 2020, HSM said the following...

Can I keep the name of my chosing and still be able to read messages addressed to Sysop?

Yep! In the ImportEchoMail stanza in mutil.ini (or import.ini or whatever you call the INI file that you pass to MUTIL when importing echomail/netmail messages) you can specify "forwarding" rules for netmail messages.

For instance, I have the following to "forward" a couple of common names as well as variations of my name:

forward = admin;sysop
forward = administrator;sysop
forward = All;sysop
forward = B Wiberg;sysop
forward = Bjoern W;sysop
forward = Bjoern Wiberg;sysop
forward = Bjorn W;sysop
forward = Bjorn Wiberg;sysop
forward = Bj”rn Wiberg;sysop
forward = BW;sysop
forward = postmaster;sysop
forward = system operator;sysop
forward = sysop;Zip

The last one is the one which ultimately forwards the netmail message to my account (Zip).

Hope this helps!

Best regards
Zip

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