[Info-vax] Are MX records mandatory to send mail from VMS to an SMTP server?

[DTL]

Hello all,

There is, as you know, a discussion in this list on trouble sending mail from VMS, and with all your help we are moving to a solution.

But I do have another question.

Are MX records mandatory to send mail from VMS to an SMTP server?

I understand MX records allow me to handle my mail by myself on my box or on my server on an ISP site.

Today, I do NOT wish to do so.

My VMS box has no domain published on the Internet and I do NOT wish to receive mail on it. My gmail account is fine.

The question is: Is it possible to separate send and receive? I mean, be allowed to send mail from the box to an smtp server on the Internet and configure nothing to be able to receive mail?

Thanks for a detailed clarification... 

The MX Newbie