---
name: "vmsmail.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "dnet-progs"
version: "2.65+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vmsmail.conf"
---

# vmsmail.conf(5)

VMSmail configuration file

## NAME

/etc/vmsmail.conf - VMSmail configuration file

## DESCRIPTION

**/etc/vmsmail.conf** is an ASCII file which contains names and values of configuration variables for the VMSmail gateway programs.

There is one entry per line, and each line has the format:

\<name\>=\<value\>

Valid values for \<name\> are

- *hostname*

  The name of the gateway machine (to put in the mail header). Defaults to the value returned by **[gethostname(2)](/gethostname/2.md).**

- *username*

  The name of the user associated with sending mail from VMS to Linux.  Defaults to vmsmail.

- *smtphost*

  The name of the SMTP mail host to send mail to. If this entry is omitted them vmsmaild will send mail by running 'sendmail' on the local machine.

- `hostname=myhost.domain.net`

  ## EXAMPLE

```
username=vms
```