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	I think that this is controlled by your local MTS Manager
	(MTSMGR@<area code>).

	He should be able to modify the particular entry to re-route your
	messages or just set autoforward up in VMSmail.

	The forwarding address would depend on how your VMSmail account
	has access to the internet.  What typical smtp address would you
	use for this ?

Nigel.

The problem is the router setting is something like mckeating@nesbit@vmsmail

When a mail with attachments goes through the router they get the usual
'unable to convert to ASCII data of type FOREIGN' message displayed. It is 
as though the router knows what the target is and causes the attachments to be
removed. 

they tried setting the address to rmckeating@nesbit.ayo.dec.com in the router 
but I then did not get the messages at all:-

/R=NESBIT.AYO.DEC.COM/U=RMCKEATING/@mts.dec.com

unable to transfer, unrecogniszed recipient name.

so my guess was that there is something wrong with the router entry. OR as
you said in .1 it could be at the pop3 server end.  trial and error takes 
too long and I can loose message if the target is not set correctly...

thanks so far,
Bob 

	Which router are you talking about.  If it is Digital's MTS, then it
	is going to be Message Router based.  Message routing in MR is 
	handled by DDS.  DDS defines where your mail account is and would
	typically hold something like ("User@Mailbox@Node")

	From your entry "mckeating@nesbit@vmsmail", it looks like you are
	using a MRGATE on the local node to DDS that forwards the message
	to NESBIT::MCKEATING.  The attachment handling is handled by
	MRgate in this case as MRgate knows what message types can be
	received by VMSmail from MR.

	If you want to redirect your DDS entry to you new SMTP account,
	you need to change the DDS entry to point to your local SMTP/Internet
	gateway and it would look something like:

	   "mckeating@nesbit.ayo.dec.com"@<smtp gateway>@<gateway node>

	Note the use of the quotes around your SMTP address.

	In this scenario, my address would be:

	   "bridportn@mail.dec.com"@exchange

	TS, part of MR, would resolve the @Exchange term and be able to post 
	the mail to the appropriate gateway.

	Of course, if you are not using MR and routing via some other product, 
	then ignore this as it is completely irrelavent *8-)

Nige.

I think i'm using MR. When I send mail out to allin 1 I use 
"MTS$" = "AYOMTS::MRGATE::"

The local IM&T helpdesk reconfigure the mail address when I call them 
up. They are not much help, you really have to tell them exactly what 
to do when you call up. (not much help then is it:-))

i'll forward your note onto the help desk and see if they  can get it to work.

thanks in advance,
Bob

The Helpdesk really should know how to do this.

All it needs is to set your MTS entry to:
           mckeating@nesbit.ayo.dec.com@INTERNET

In this case "INTERNET" really means a gateway to
SMTP mail, internal or external.

Using @INTERNET should assure your mail will go
through the nearest PMDF gateway (PMDF is the
product we use to interface MTS & SMTP mail).

thanks for the feedback. From my initial testing it looks like setting
it to rmckeating@nesbit.ayo.dec.com@INTERNET works!!!

now I have no excuses when I don't get attachments:-( 

Bob