setting reply to in VMS 5.x MAIL

[Bill Degnan]

>
> Thank you very much.  I spent a while researching but I did not find the
answer in searches, I did not know to look at the MULTINET manual, I used
the online help thinking that was enough.  I will try to be more thorough.
Bill


>
> 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.
>