Re: as400 pop3

Art wrote:
 
>Can I use the AS/400 Pop3 server for my only email server on an 
>intranet.  I'd like to have 10 or so Lan attached PC's use Outlook 
>Express or Netscape, or whatever as email clients.  I've setup 
>directory entries, etc, and I can use SNDDST to send mail to PC users 
>and view with netscape, but I can't send mail back to the 400.  I get 
>the following error from outlook:
 
>The connection to server failed.  Account as400, server as400, protocol 
>SMTP, port 25, secure SSL no, socket error 10061, error number 
>0x8000ccc0e
 
>I've tried and failed with similar results on netscape and eudora light.
 
 I found a couple of references to your problem on the Internet.  They 
 alluded to a problem with DNS.  It could be similar to, or the same as, 
 my problem:  
 
 I experimented with the POP3 server over a year ago.  I also found that 
 I could receive mail via Netscape, but not send it.  Instead, I got a 
 HELO error (I can't remember exactly what), which indicated an invalid 
 HELO parameter.  I think a blank HELO message was being sent.  Some POP3 
 servers can handle that, but I have not found any config parameter to 
 allow it on the AS/400.
 
 I sent a message to a list, and eventually received a response from 
 someone who had the same problem, but resolved it by enabling reverse 
 DNS.  We do not have reverse DNS enabled.  I did discover another 
 solution, which I do not like, which is to create a local HOST table on 
 the PC, with a system name, domain and IP address.  But this solution is 
 not viable, since we use BOOTP and DHCP.
 
 In the end, we scrapped the use of POP3 on the AS/400, due to the above 
 problems.  :(
 
 
   -- Carol
 
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