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Title : Mail on OpenVMS
Author : Remy van Elst
Date : 01-04-2018
URL : https://raymii.org/s/blog/My_second_OpenVMS_-_MAIL.html
Format : Markdown/HTML
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[![openvms][1]][2]

(You can read all my OpenVMS articles by [clicking the picture above][2])

Last week I registered myself with the [DECUServe OpenVMS][3] system. I found
out how to [navigate the filesystem and create files and folders][4], it was
awesome.

This week I learned how to use the OpenVMS `MAIL` program to read and reply to
an email I got from George Cornelius, another user on the [DECUServe system][3]

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### MAIL

This blog item was put together using HP Enterprise's [online documentation][6]
on the `MAIL` program.

I saw that George had send me an email, after we had a chat using the OpenVMS
phone program. See my [earlier][4] article on that.

Login to your OpenVMS system and open the `MAIL` program:

$ mail

You have 1 new message.

MAIL>

If you have new mail, you can just press `ENTER` on this prompt to read the
first new email:

#1 29-MAR-2018 03:52:33.56 NEWMAIL
From: EISNER::CORNELIUS "George Cornelius"
To: EXAMPLE
CC: CORNELIUS
Subj: Hello again

Good talking with you, Remy.

[...]

MAIL>

To see an overview of all your messages, enter the `DIR` command at the `MAIL>`
prompt:

MAIL> DIR
NEWMAIL
# From Date Subject

1 EISNER::CORNELIUS 29-MAR-2018 Hello again

MAIL>

To open messages, just press `ENTER` and the first message opens. Keep pressing
`ENTER` to read all messages. When no more messages are available, the following
message will be displayed:

MAIL>
%MAIL-E-NOMOREMSG, no more messages

### Reply

To reply to a message, when opened, type `REPLY` at the mail prompt:

To: EISNER::CORNELIUS
Subj: RE: Hello again
Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete, or CTRL/C to quit:

When you're done typing your message, press CTRL+Z to send it:

(CTRL+Z)
Press RETURN to continue reading your mail

MAIL>

### Send mail

At the `MAIL>` prompt, type `SEND` to start the interactive mail send program:

$ mail

MAIL> send
To: USERNAME
Subj: Test message
Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete, or CTRL/C to quit:
Hi USERNAME,

This is a test message since I'm now trying to figure out the mail program.

Hope you're doing well.

Cheers,
Remy
(CTRL+Z) Exit

MAIL>

To send a message to an actual email address, type their full email address at
the `To:` prompt.

From the [DECUS system][3], it will arrive:

![][7]

A reply will show up in your OpenVMS shell:

$
New mail on node EISNER from IN%"[email protected]" "Remy van Elst"

From Google Apps the email looks a bit messed up due to all the headers:

$ mail

You have 1 new message.

MAIL>
#1 31-MAR-2018 15:26:54.11 NEWMAIL
From: IN%"[email protected]" "Remy van Elst"
To: IN%"[email protected]" "Remy Van Elst"
CC:
Subj: RE: Tesrt message

Return-path: <[email protected]>
Received: from mail-lf0-f47.google.com
(mail-lf0-f47.google.com [209.85.215.47]) by Encompasserve.org
(PMDF V6.7-x02 #1529) with ESMTPS id <[email protected]>
for [email protected] (ORCPT [email protected]); Sat,
31 Mar 2018 15:26:53 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from mail-lf0-f47.google.com ([209.85.215.47] EXTERNAL)
(EHLO mail-lf0-f47.google.com) with TLS/SSL by Eisner.Encompasserve.org
([10.10.127.2]) (PreciseMail V3.2-7); Sat, 31 Mar 2018 15:26:50 -0400
Received: by mail-lf0-f47.google.com with SMTP id j68-v6so16143869lfg.13 for
<[email protected]>; Sat, 31 Mar 2018 12:30:55 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.46.157.81 with HTTP; Sat, 31 Mar 2018 12:30:32 -0700 (PDT)
X-Received: by 10.46.57.19 with SMTP id g19mr2209803lja.127.1522524652887; Sat,
31 Mar 2018 12:30:52 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:30:32 +0200
From: Remy van EXAMPLE <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Tesrt message
In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
To: Remy Van EXAMPLE <[email protected]>
Message-id: <CABcRdyR2v-N+EbF+CnrMfzaX2CFCudQuFG+sk3VMzR+BqNzu0A@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="Boundary_(ID_W2nyE6Xjtg2UAPih5wVTPQ)"
Received-SPF: pass (encompasserve.com: domain of rEXAMPLE.nl designates
209.85.215.47 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.215.47;
[email protected];
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rEXAMPLE.nl; s=google;
h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to;
bh=lKIiBr2zPziUkYl8cnUwPmF57r7kWxesulmzMGsLUUA=;
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X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net;
s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date
:message-id:subject:to; bh=lKIiBr2zPziUkYl8cnUwPmF57r7kWxesulmzMGsLUUA=;
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X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tCqL1HNX8KNCoUPAQtVQqfoUs07X0itWRd9gg3IBnWaspdiyKFv
Nl3RGyEsphnqwiLfdHwcqu48SHf6UBDMRlMQxYIjKSbH
X-Google-Smtp-Source:
AIpwx4/DgnBB/lKiJUnzPegbcIFwywyYiss3nh7Ns7gTKOCvq5K5DWA+2PItMJ3L1vVOv5kZGZix26/WdPWpjOoRBNk=
X-PMAS-External: mail-lf0-f47.google.com [209.85.215.47] (EHLO
mail-lf0-f47.google.com)
X-PMAS-REPUTATION_URI_NONSPAM: URI reputation check (0.000)
X-PMAS-VMF-OK: Envelope FROM: check: Source accepts mail for address (0.000)
X-PMAS-HDR-REFERENCES: Has a valid-looking References header (0.000)
X-PMAS-HDR-IN_REP_TO: Has a In-Reply-To header (0.000)
X-PMAS-BDY-MAILTO_LINK: Includes a URL link to send an email (0.100)

Press RETURN for more...

#1 31-MAR-2018 15:26:54.11 NEWMAIL
X-PMAS-META-FROM_IS_TO2: Same From: and To: personal names,
but not addresses (4.000)
X-PMAS-Spam-Level: ****
References: <[email protected]>
Original-recipient: rfc822;[email protected]
X-PMAS-Software: PreciseMail V3.2-7 [180329] (Eisner.Encompasserve.org)
X-PMAS-Final-Score: 4.100

--Boundary_(ID_W2nyE6Xjtg2UAPih5wVTPQ)
Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT

Test message arrived.

Hugs and kisses back!

https://raymii.org

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Remy Van Elst <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hugs and kisses from a test message
>
> Remy
>

--Boundary_(ID_W2nyE6Xjtg2UAPih5wVTPQ)
Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

--Boundary_(ID_W2nyE6Xjtg2UAPih5wVTPQ)--

### Conclusion

Yay! Another OpenVMS facility I found out and used. I love this system, since
1977 it is rocking and still going strong!

[1]: https://raymii.org/s/inc/img/ovmsdec.png
[2]: https://raymii.org/s/tags/openvms.html
[3]: http://decus.org
[4]: https://raymii.org/s/blog/My_first_OpenVMS.html
[5]: https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=7435ae6b8212
[6]: https://web.archive.org/web/20180331190606/http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/doc/731final/6489/6489pro_012.html
[7]: https://raymii.org/s/inc/img/DECUSMAIL.png

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