RE: iSeries as mail server

Disclaimer:  You don't know what you're getting into.  People have been
trying to fix this issue on and off list for over 6 months with really no
progress.  Just to let you know.

>   IBM Is correct. The ***** is your firewall protecting your 
> mail server. However that is not stopping inbound mail. I 
> just connected and sent a simple message to 
> qsecofr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx No idea if that's a valid address 
> but it took it.

What does the ******* gain us?  Someone helping me off list said this
******** was a problem and needed fixing.  The Router Guy yesterday said the
router/firewall was _not_ doing the *******, to the best of his knowledge.
Today I get to call him and tell him he was mistaken. <g>

>   You are having problems with outbound side. So option 2) 
> lack of a ptr record could be important. There isn't one, I 
> just checked.

That's an issue with our ISP, right?  That would be Verizon.

> Some mail services won't accept mail from an IP 
> with no ptr.

A Centennial guy told me they verify the sender is who he says he is.  I
think this is exactly what he is talking about.

> You are not on any blacklists so that's not the 
> issue. Do you have some other mail server in the building 
> that can relay for you?  One option is to use CHGSMTPA to 
> point outbound mail at another server (i.e. domino or qmail 
> or sendmail or postfix or imail or ....) and then just let 
> that server deliver the mail.

I could change every PC to use 'outgoing.verizon.net' as the outgoing mail
server, but that doesn't help the iSeries trying to send email to my
cellphone in a power outage with the SNDDST command.  Is there some way to
tell SMTP on the iSeries to send mail via 'outgoing.verizon.net'?
 
>    Can you send mail to NON cellphone addresses, especially 
> internal addresses?

Yes, Centennial cellphones are the only addresses (that I know of) that we
cannot email to.  We can email to Verizon phones just fine.

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