Library /sys$common/syshlp/mailhelp.hlb SET-SHOW, PERSONAL_NAME  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Enables you to append a field to the end of the From: field of
    mail messages you send. You can fill this field with your full
    name or any other information.

    The SET NOPERSONAL_NAME command clears any name you previously
    specified with the SET PERSONAL_NAME command.

    The SHOW PERSONAL_NAME command displays a user's personal name.

    Format

      SET PERSONAL_NAME  "text-string"

      SET NOPERSONAL_NAME

      SHOW PERSONAL_NAME

1 - Parameter

 "text-string"

    Specifies the string following your node name and user name for
    the From: field of mail messages you send. You must enclose
    the string in quotation marks; otherwise, Mail converts it to
    uppercase letters. You must begin the string with an alphabetic
    character and avoid two consecutive embedded spaces within the
    string. The length of the text string should not exceed 127
    characters.

2 - Qualifiers

 2.1 - /ALL

    Used with the SHOW PERSONAL_NAME command to allow a user with
    SYSNAM privilege to list personal name information set by
    other users or to display a message if a user has not entered
    a personal name. The /ALL qualifier is valid only when used with
    the /USER qualifier and works only with the SHOW PERSONAL_NAME
    command.

 2.2 - /USER

       /USER=name

    Used with the SHOW PERSONAL_NAME command to allow a user with
    SYSNAM privilege to list personal names set by other users. There
    are two ways to show a user's personal name. The user name can
    be specified, or you can use the wildcard characters (* or %) to
    search for names with a particular string in common. The /USER
    qualifier works only with the SHOW PERSONAL_NAME command and not
    with the SET PERSONAL_NAME command.

3 - Examples

    1.MAIL> SET PERSONAL_NAME "Catherine the Great"
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      MAIL> SEND
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      New mail on node FLAXEN from ALPHA::BELLINI "Catherine the Great"
         .
         .
         .
      From: ALPHA::BELLINI "Catherine the Great"  19-APR-1994 15:34
      To: FLAXEN::STARCK

      This example shows how a user named BELLINI sets her personal
      name to Catherine the Great.

    2.MAIL> SHOW PERSONAL_NAME/ALL/USER=A*N

      Username                     Fullname
      ACKEN                        Joe Joe
      ANDERSEN                     Hans Christian
      ARON                         None

      This example shows a wildcard search for users whose names
      begin with A and end with N. Because user ARON has not entered
      a personal name, None appears under the Fullname heading.

    3.MAIL> SHOW PERSONAL_NAME/USER=NELSON
      NELSON has not set a personal name.

      This example shows how to display the personal name of user
      NELSON. Because NELSON has not set a personal name, the message
      is displayed.