Re: Intermitant SMTP

["Carl Galgano" <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick:
Thanks for the insight as usual.  I actually looked at the API but decided
against it and used the SNDDST command as the heart of the product.  I am
addressing the SMTP address at V3R7 by using something called context
addressing that I found in one of the Redbooks.  Basically you code the SMTP
addresses in the subject line and send the message to a user called INTERNET
USERS that points to the external SMTP server name.  When it works it works
great, but when it doesn't it is very difficult to find where the failure
is.  Do you know how to turn on the "flight recorders" for SMTP?
CJG
Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Townsend <townsend@patownsend.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: Intermitant SMTP


>Carl,
>
>Here are lots of PTFs for SMTP. You will want to be sure to put on the
>latest cum tape and the latest database group PTF if one is available
>for V3R7.
>
>I assume that when you mention the SMTP client that you are talking
>about the QtmmSendMail API? This has to be one of the worst APIs IBM has
>ever released. If you pass it a bad address it will fall over dead. If
>there are delivery errors you may not get a response. I've had a long
>conversation with IBM about the API. They have promised that it is
>better in V4R4, but it still is a bad design. You need to be extra
>careful to pass it email addresses that you have verified are valid.
>
>hth,
>Patrick
>
>Carl Galgano wrote:
>>
>> I am having a problem with one of my clients AS400 at V3R7 concerning
>> sending messages from the AS400 via the SMTP client.  Sometimes it works
and
>> sometimes it does not.  No consistency to it.  Any ideas as to perhaps we
>> are missing a PTF?
>> Carl
>> Carl Galgano
>> EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
>> 540 Powder Springs Street
>> Suite C19
>> Marietta, GA  30064
>> 770-422-2995
>> mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
>> http://www.ediconsulting.com
>> EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting
>>
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