Mail Send to OpenVMS server from Non-VMS source

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Mail Send to OpenVMS server from Non-VMS source

Post by jeetu.singh » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:37 pm

Hello Guys,

Any input would be appreciated to help me on this.
How would I get email to my OpenVMS Server from Non-VMS source?


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Re: Mail Send to OpenVMS server from Non-VMS source

Post by tim.stegner » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:16 pm

You want the TCPIP Feature SMTP - see the TCPIP manuals for info on starting and configuring it. You'll also need to create a record in your DNS in order that your VMS server is visible to email - should be covered in the doc as well.


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Re: Mail Send to OpenVMS server from Non-VMS source

Post by sms » Tue Jan 31, 2023 4:25 pm

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> How would I get email to my OpenVMS Server from Non-VMS source?

   More details might be helpful.  Where is the "Non-VMS source"?  On
your LAN with your (unspecified) "my OpenVMS Server"?  In the outside
world?  How much do you not know about configuring an SMTP server (on
any system type)?

   To a first approximation, e-mail is e-mail.  For your (unspecified)
"my OpenVMS Server" to receive e-mail, you'd need to configure/enable
its SMTP server.

   If you want _any_ system to get e-mail from the outside world, and
you have a NAT router between that system and the outside world, then
you'd probably want to arrange suitable port forwarding on that router.


> [...]  You'll also need to create a record in your DNS [...]

   If you want an outside-world user to be able to use an ordinary
"user@domain" address, then you need some kind of actual "domain" in
your outside-world DNS.  And an MX record in that DNS might be helpful.

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