[Info-vax] "SEND MAIL" doesn't send mail, mail stays in queue

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <p4aqn4$lpe$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
<seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes: 

> > Why not receive it on VMS?
> 
> Sure.
> 
> If you're willing to post your usernames and passwords to the whole 
> Internet.  Because that's what remote mail clients will do, when 
> accessing OpenVMS.

If you send an email to me, where is a username or password involved?  
OK, the From: header might contain something like the username on the 
machine you send it from, but it doesn't have to.  Passwords for sending 
email to VMS?  I'm confused.

> The upcoming VSI TCPIP package (née Multinet) mail server is rather 
> better here.

I'm looking forward to it.