PMDF User's Guide
OpenVMS Edition
PMDF-USR-VMS-6.0

If you are not on a system running PMDF, but connected via DECnet to a system that is, then you may still use PMDF to send mail. Suppose that the system running PMDF has the DECnet node name NODE. To send mail to PMDF on that system, use the addressing syntax:³

NODE::IN%"address" 

$ MAIL
MAIL> SEND
To:     NODE::IN%"mrochek@puppy.farm.org"
Subj:   Vaccination
Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete, or CTRL/C to quit: 
Mrochek, phone home. It's time for your annual vaccination.
 
        - EEF
CTRL/Z
MAIL> 

To simplify things further, you can establish the following logical name definition in your LOGIN.COM file:

$ DEFINE IN NODE::IN% 

IN::"address" 

Note

³ Note for system managers: The system-wide logical MAIL$SYSTEM_FLAGS must translate to an even number for this technique to work. When MAIL$SYSTEM_FLAGS translates to an odd value, VMS MAIL will strip off the "NODE::" portion of the address if NODE is a member of the local cluster. This will then result in an error---error activating transport IN---when VMS MAIL tries to send to IN%"...".