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Help Desk Resolution Guide 

VMS

1. How to Forward email

2. Turning off Forwarding

How to Forward user@uwosh.edu to another account

NOTE: Setting a forward is no guarantee that you will receive your UW Oshkosh E-Mail. Many HotMail services have outages or mailbox limits that may prevent delivery of the forward. The easiest, most reliable way to reach your UW Oshkosh E-Mail is through Eudora or UW Oshkosh WebMail.

Assuming your UW Oshkosh E-Mail username is   SMITHZ99   and your preferred E-Mail address is   mary_smith@hotmail.com ,

1. PC: Click on the telnet link on this line, or in your browser, enter   telnet://uwosh.edu/   in the address/URL/location field.
2. Macintosh: run Better Telnet, than select, File and Open Connection, and enter uwosh.edu . If you do not have "Better Telnet", call our Help Desk to get it installed on your on-campus UW Oshkosh owned Macintosh.
3. A telnet window should pop up. This will not look like a web browser window. If you get an error message that this application is not present, you will need to use a different computer that has telnet installed. All UW Oshkosh lab computers have telnet installed.
4. Log in, using your UW Oshkosh E-Mail username (SMITHZ99) and password.
5. When the VMS Menu appears, enter M (for VMS-Mail)
             NOTE: The following cannot be done in Pine or from Eudora.
6. At the MAIL> prompt, enter
             SET FORWARD mary_smith@hotmail.com
7. Forwarding will be automatic from now on. All new mail sent to smithm99@uwosh.edu will be forwarded to your other E-Mail account.
8. Be sure to send a test message to your UW Oshkosh address, smithm99@uwosh.edu, and then verify it arrived at your other E-Mail account.
9. NOTE: This does not affect mail you have already received. You should check your mail to read and respond to any already-received messages. The easiest way to do this is using Eudora or UW Oshkosh WebMail.

How to turn off forwarding

To turn off forwarding, repeat steps 1-5 above. At step 6, enter
          SET NOFORWARD