Configuring a VMS system behind an ADSL router

[Brian Reiter]

Hi Folks,

I know this topic may well have been done to death and has certainly been touched on recently.

Anyway, I have a XP1000 (VMS 7-3-2) sat behind an ADSL/Wireless/Router combo - all working quite well. I have used DynDNS to set up a domain and configured the XP1000 to be the target for all service requests (and placed it in the DMZ), so I can see the machine quite happily (Telnet/SSH from the DeathRow cluster seem to work quite happily).

What I have a zero experience of is setting up the machine so that email can be received/sent. Any information on setting up the machine as an email server would be appreciated (DNS setup mainly I guess).

Best regards

Brian

[John Gillings]

Brian,

Your DNS should already be configured. To enable mail, just start the SMTP server. Execute @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIGURE, select option 3 "Server Components" and then SMTP. Make sure it's enabled and started.

VMS MAIL will then be able to send mail usign SMTP protocol. Just use the standard mail format in the "To:" field:

user@node.domain

Send mail to your system as "username@node.domain".

If this doesn't work, please post the exact text of actions performed and any resulting messages.

[Willem Grooters]

Brian,

Look to older messages concerning SMTP setup in this forum. Like John already said: the basic part is easy. If you want your VMS box to be mail gateway, you may need to do some extra configuration and precautions to prevent abuse.

Willem

[Brian Reiter]

Issues seem to with ISP at the moment. Will see what happens after discussion with them. Barring that, the XP1000 is working very nicely :)