[Info-vax] VMS MAIL, TCPIP, SET FORWARD/USER

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <jb3smo$e8m$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> Don't confuse the message envelope (used by SMTP for delivery instructions)
> with the message headers (used by email clients).

Right.

> The information in the message header itself is not used by SMTP for
> delivery and although it should be the same as the RCPT TO: command
> in the message envelope, it doesn't have to be.

OK.

> BTW, you don't say what SMTP server you are using, 

  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.4 - ECO 7

> but the way I have
> the SMTP server in TCP/IP Services configured (assuming the mailbox
> lives on the same machine as the SMTP server) is to check for a valid
> email address and reject the email before it's delivered if the
> destination address does not exist.

Same here, but the version I have doesn't work if the (bogus) username 
is more than 12 characters long.  I think that has been fixed in the 
meantime.