Is there anyway to set smtp to send mail from openvms through a separate mail server running IMAP It only needs to send not receive - and can attachments be sent. I am very interested to see if this can be done. Thanks Paul Guthart pguthart@regencycredit.com

Yes of course VMS can send mail anywhere on the internet. It just depends on the TCP/IP stack installed. Before going into details and setup commands, please tell us which TCP/IP stack Your system has installed ? There is a MIME utility (see HELP MIME) to compose MIME-encoded mail messages. Recently there was a discussion in the HP VMS ITRC forum http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/familyhome.do?familyId=288 on ways to use MIME mail.

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.4 on a AlphaServer 1200 5/533 4MB running OpenVMS V7.3-2 Paul Guthart pguthart@regencycredit.com

Then use @TCPIP$CONFIG - Client components - SMTP to setup and configure. I can't check now if this setup allows already to enter Your mail server. Eventually use afterwards TCPIP SET CONFIGURATION SMTP (it has built in HELP !), to configure /GATEWAY,/ZONE and others. Don't forget to SET CONFIG SMTP/OPTION=NORELAY Then to send mail, use the TO: address in the form SMTP%"user@domain". To use SMTP% as default without SMT% prefix, DEFINE/SYSTEM MAIL$INTERNET_MODE "SMTP" DEFINE/SYSTEM MAIL$INTERNET_TRANSPORT "SMTP"