PMDF User's Guide
OpenVMS Edition

Internet addresses routinely contain the double quote character, " . In order to represent this character yet satisfy the quoting conventions of VMS MAIL, certain character substitutions must be made, as shown in Table 1-1. These translations are necessary in order to allow specifying double quotes inside an address even though they are not normally allowed inside a VMS MAIL address. Preferred usage when entering addresses manually is to substitute single quotes for double quotes and \' for single quotes. For example:

IN%"'tony li'@hmc.edu" maps to "tony li"@hmc.edu IN%"\'tonyli\'@hmc.edu" maps to 'tonyli'@hmc.edu

Table 1-1 Foreign Protocol Address Mapping

Sequence	Is Translated To
'	"	(double quote)
\'	'	(single quote)
\d	"	(double quote)
\s	'	(single quote)
\D	"	(double quote)
\S	'	(single quote)
\\	\	(backslash)

Alternatively, you might find it convenient to use PMDF MAIL---which requires no special quoting or character substitutions when entering Internet addresses--- when sending to Internet addresses containing special characters.