Peter I have Multinet SMTP and when I send a message externally I use SMTP%"bill at myemail.net" I looked within MULTINET and was able to edit the gateway rules but I did not see how to define a reply-to from the config menu. I want the replies to emails generated by the VMS Mail server go through an external email server as a way to control SMTP hijacking. for example, if I log in as SYSTEM and send a message to someone it shows up as SYSTEM at MICROVAX3100.VINTAGECOMPUTER.NET (the subdomain I have set for the server) I have the system blocking mail unless it comes from a single address (not listed here), which then forwards to the SYSTEM account. The MULTINET server is set to only accept SMTP from the one domain I have set up for this purpose. So when someone replies to an email from the server I don't want the reply to come from the actual sender or it will bounce. I want it to automatically reply-to the alias domain I have in place. Works great except that a person needs to know to change the reply-to address to the alias. You showed me this: $ MULTINET CONFIGURE /SERVERS ...is there a SERVER-CONFIG that defines reply-to? Bill

On 6/4/19 11:09 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: This is not an answer to your original question, but it might be a work around. Can you set MX records for the microvax3100.vintagecomputer.net domain to route mail to the system hosting the aliasdomain.com domain? Obviously the system hosting the aliasdomain.com domain would also need to be configured to host (likely relay for) the microvax3100.vintagecomputer.net domain. -- Grant. . . . unix || die

Bill, I dumped everything in my head about this topic into my previous email. At some stage, you need to pick up the manual (or download it from the Process Software website) and read it. I looked in the Multinet 4.3 Users Guide and found "Reply-to" in the index referring me to page 8-10 in the Administrators Guide. There I found: Quote: Specifying the REPLY_TO Header The MULTINET_SMTP_REPLY_TO logical name lets you specify the value for the RFC822 REPLY-TO: header. For example to set your Reply-To: header to FNORD at FLOWERS.COM, use the command: $ DEFINE MULTINET_SMTP_REPLY_TO "FNORD at FLOWERS.COM" This logical name only affects mail agents that use the SMTP% interface (for example OpenVMS and DECWindows mail). Endquote. In case it is not clear, you should define this logical name in DCL before you run VMS MAIL and it will then apply when you send mail to an address prefixed by SMTP%. I will add that you could probably use DEFINE /SYSTEM if you want this to apply to all users on the system or you could put the command in a users login.com if you only want it to apply to that particular user. If you want to get really fancy, you can use lexical functions such as for example F$GETJPI(0, "USERNAME") to come up with a single logical name definition that will work correctly for any user on the system without modification. I used the Multinet 4.3 manual because it happened to be handy. I imagine the same applies any later version of Multinet and might also apply to some but not all earlier versions. I will also repeat the warning that I often give, that the SMTP mail interface provided with Multinet is functional but not comprehensive. My feeling is that it is mainly there to be able to tick the box that says that SMTP is supported. If you want a top class email setup, you should install PMDF, from the same company. Regards, Peter Coghlan.