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From: CHAA006@vaxa.rhbnc.ac.UK
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Subject: Re. VMS Mail & Logical Name aassistance needed (22nd May, ex. Pendelios)
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Date: Tue, 26-May-87 09:12:35 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 26 09:12:35 1987
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>>> I'm trying to send to a message of the format:
>>> 	      username%node.DEC@decwrl.DEC.COM
>>> where username =   X_SMITH	(embedded underscore)
>>> VMS MAIL is rejecting this username and I can't seem to get the quotes
>>> right.  Your assistance would be appreciated.

Either you've not given us enough information, or you misundertand the
capabilities of VMS mail.  In the absence of a suitable shareable image
(e.g. Jnet_Mailshr, Janet_Mailshr, etc...), VMS MAIL is quite incapable
of using addresses of that form; it requires addresses of the form

	<protocol>%<node>::<user>

Are you, in fact, using some foreign protocol handler, or were you
hoping that VMS MAIL could deal with such addresses without assistance ?

Philip Taylor (Royal Holloway & Bedford New College;  University of London; U.K)

       Janet	    :	chaa006@uk.ac.rhbnc.vaxa (or) chaa006@uk.ac.rhbnc.vaxb
			([+Janet.000005181000] or [+Janet.000005181100])

       Arpa	    :	chaa006%vaxa.rhbnc.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa
       (or) 	    :	chaa006%vaxb.rhbnc.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa

Bitnet/NetNorth/Earn:	chaa006@vaxa.rhbnc.ac.uk (or) chaa006%rhbnc.vaxa@ac.uk
       (or)	    :	chaa006@vaxb.rhbnc.ac.uk (or) chaa006%rhbnc.vaxb@ac.uk