.TH VMSMAIL.CONF 5 "30 December 1998"  "DECnet for Linux"
.SH NAME
/etc/vmsmail.conf \- VMSmail configuration file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B /etc/vmsmail.conf
is an ASCII file which contains names and values of configuration variables
for the VMSmail gateway programs.
.PP
There is one entry per line, and each line has the format:
.sp
.RS
<name>=<value>
.RE
.sp
Valid values for <name> are
.sp
.RS
.TP 1.0in
.I hostname
The name of the gateway machine (to put in the mail header). Defaults to
the value returned by
.B gethostname(2).
.TP
.I username
The name of the user associated with sending mail from VMS to Linux. 
Defaults to vmsmail.
.TP
.I 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.
.TP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
.ft CW
.in +3n
hostname=myhost.domain.net
username=vms
.ft