MAILBOX for OpenVMS

Features

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MAILBOX Features

Sending messages [Screenshot] :

• MAILBOX is MIME-compliant software, and supports attachments, as well as TO, CC (Carbon Copy), and BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) recipients.

• MAILBOX selects the best transport protocol to use depending on the message to send. Simple messages are transported by VMSMail, as messages sent with the OpenVMS MAIL utility. Rich messages with BCC recipients and/or attachments are sent using the SMTP protocol.

• SMTP transport may be forced (new in 0.7)

Reading messages and extracting attachments :

• MAILBOX enables to read and print text-only messages as well as MIME-encoded messages. [Screenshot]

• Attachments are displayed along with their MIME type and can be easily saved to files. [Screenshot]

• Systems administrators may block attachments depending on their type and/or extension, thus protecting the system against dangerous attachments. (new in 0.7) [Screenshot]

Managing messages with folders [Screenshot] :

• Messages may be easily stored in different folders.

• Deleted messages are sent to a folder called WASTEBASKET, enabling the user to easily retrieve deleted messages.

Replying and forwarding messages :

• MAILBOX uses the editor of your choice for writing messages (new in 0.7). By default, the EVE/TPU editor is used. [Screenshot]

• When replying a message, original text may be quoted. [Screenshot]

Personal address book : MAILBOX features a personal address book that simplifies managing often used e-mail addresses. [Screenshot]

Printing : Messages, folder contents and list of folders may be printed using both text or PostScript printers [Screenshot]

Online Help : MAILBOX features a comprehensive and VMS compliant help system, available at your fingertips from any screen. [Screenshot]

VMSMail compatibility

• While bringing exciting features, MAILBOX is fully compatible with the OpenVMS classic MAIL utility.

• Your mailbox is not affected by the use of MAILBOX. Messages may be sent, read and managed with both MAIL and MAILBOX. Moreover, MAILBOX may use MAIL distribution lists.

Multilingual user interface [Screenshot] :

• MAILBOX user-friendly character-cell interface supports multiple languages. The current language can be changed without quitting and restarting MAILBOX.

• A default language may be defined for all users (new in 0.7)

• Translating MAILBOX into another language is a matter of minutes.

MAILBOX command-line tool features and documentation

MAILBOX command-line tool enables to send complex messages within command procedures. It supports :

• attaching files to a message

• TO, CC (Carbon Copy) and BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) recipients

• OpenVMS distribution lists

Syntax

$ MLB_CMD action options

action :

• SEND sends a message

• VERSION displays version information

options :

• /Body (required) : message body : plain text file specification

• /Subject (required) : message subject : string

• /To (required) : TO recipients : recipient or list of recipients (see below)

• /Cc : CC recipients : recipient or list of recipients (see below)

• /Bcc : BCC recipients : recipient or list of recipients (see below)

• /Attachments : file(s) to attach : filename specification or list of comma-separated filenames.

A recipient may be :

• an OpenVMS username (eg. SCULLY)

• an email address embraced by double quotes (eg. "mulder@fbi.gov")

• a filename specification for a VMSMail distribution list, preceded by an @ sign  and embraced by double quotes (eg. "@agents.dis")

A list of recipients is a comma-separated list of any number of recipients, in any order. Eg. (CHRIS, "@friends.dis", "me@myself.com").

Example :

$ MLB_CMD SEND /Subject="Here are the files you requested" -
/Body=MESSAGE_BODY.TXT -
/Attachments=("INTRO.TXT", "CHART.XLS", "LISTING.C", "PIC.BMP") -
/To=(fred, "thisguy@sky.com", bob, chris) -
/Cc=("myboss@my-firm.com", "@colleagues.dis") -
/Bcc="mulder@fbi.gov"

$ MLB_CMD VERSION