| Title: | DEC TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS |
| Notice: | Note 2-SSB Kits, 3-FT Kits, 4-Patch Info, 7-QAR System |
| Moderator: | ucxaxp.ucx.lkg.dec.com::TIBBERT |
| Created: | Thu Nov 17 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5568 |
| Total number of notes: | 21492 |
This question may not belong in this conference. Moderator, please
move it if it is call for. Can customer use alias host to send mail
for the "TO" prompt? Let me try to explain.
I have a customer that is using VMSmail to send messages via
SMTP. At the "TO" prompt, he is typing [email protected]
to send mail to that user. What he would like to do is use the
username@aliashost at the "TO" prompt. Aliashost would be the
alias that would associate to host.cxo.dec.com. Therefore
allowing the luxury of not typing out the complete host address.
Is this do-able? I told the customer that I doubt it. But I would
ask the experts.
I also told the customer what he can do is setup a logical in his
LOGIN.COM for each user he usually send mail to and then use the
logical at the "TO" prompt. I've tested this out and it works fine.
Any suggestions on this question?
Thanks,
Phil
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| 5180.1 | CFSCTC::SMITH | Tom Smith MRO1-3/D12 dtn 297-4751 | Thu Jan 30 1997 21:25 | 11 | |
If you are in the cxo.dec.com domain, any connection to "host"
automatically goes to "host.cxo.dec.com", assuming that your bind
configuration is correct. If you are in another domain or if you want
to use a name other than "host", you need a CNAME in the DNS database
for _your_ domain aliasing "othername" to "host" (or
"host.cxo.dec.com."). You might also get by by putting that alias in
your local hosts file as an alternative name for host.cxo.dec.com, but
you're asking for trouble doing it that way, because somebody else
might start using "othername" for a real other host.
-Tom
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| 5180.2 | not possible with VMS 6.2 | UTRTSC::KNOPPERS | Oswald Knoppers | Fri Jan 31 1997 02:34 | 13 |
The problem is that with the enhancements made to mail that an address in the form user@host will be rewritten as host::user and mail will send it through decnet/mail11. Only if the host is fully qualified (i.e. there is at least one dot in it) it will be treated as a smtp address. Starting with VMS 7.0 you can define the logical MAIL$INTERNET_MODE (value SMTP) to change this. See also note 4814 in this conference. Regards, Oswald | |||||
| 5180.3 | CFSCTC::SMITH | Tom Smith MRO1-3/D12 dtn 297-4751 | Fri Jan 31 1997 11:56 | 9 | |
re: .-1
Ah. Right.
Well, a CNAME of "mini.name" in your domain's DNS database aliased to
"host" or "host.cxo.dec.com." would at least allow "[email protected]" to
work.
-Tom
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| 5180.4 | Thanks guys | CSC32::P_DICKERSON | Tue Feb 04 1997 14:52 | 7 | |
Thanks Tom and Oswald.
I'll let the customer know what he can do.
Phil
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