To disable the modifications that TCPIP SMTP makes to the value you assign to TCPIP$SMTP_FROM (such as appending the OpenVMS personal name and @domain to a value with no @domain), include the string [VERBATIM]. For example: $ DEFINE TCPIP$SMTP_FROM "[VERBATIM] bill.smith@xxx.com" The resulting address is as follows: From: bill.smith@xxx.com