RE: SMTP, TCP/IP problem

[Neil Clark <nclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I presume you mean V4R4, and at that release a new command was introduced, 
TRCTCPAPP, of which there are various applications that can be traced, 
including the SMTP client, (*SMTPCLT), and server, (*SMTPSVR).

If you go to the AS/400 Knowledge base, (from the as400service.ibm.com 
site), and search for SMTP,  one of the documents that you will see is 
titled, SMTP, MSF, Communications Trace, FTP to Boulder documentation.

This document explains how to trace SMTP, add in the MSF Dump exit program, 
run a comm. trace - lots of good stuff for getting information about what 
is happening.

Some of the traces and dumps require an advanced computing degree in order 
to interpret them, but that's another story.

Neil



At 07:28 AM 12/31/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Carl -
>
>I tried the DMPOBJ commands on my V4R$ system and these *USRQ objects don't
>exist...
>
>dmpobj obj(qusrsys/qtmsflrcq1) objtype(*usrq)
>Object QTMSFLRCQ1 not found.
>
>Do I have to do something else to start this whole process?
>
>Kenneth
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carl Galgano [mailto:cgalgano@ediconsulting.com]
>Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 5:49 AM
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: SMTP, TCP/IP problem
>
>
>Again, thanks to Patrick!
>
>Carl,
>
>Yes, here's a section from a document I wrote for Net400 a while ago on
>the SMTP flight recorders. Note that you usually need to create the data
>area and view the files that get created. Some will be empty, but two or
>three may have useful entries. I'll send you the entire document
>separately.
>
>Patrick
>========>
>If your SMTP message is getting in the QSMTPQ distribution queue but is
>not getting delivered, you should check the SMTP flight recorder. There
>can sometimes be helpful information in this area. The flight recorder
>is a set of entries that the IBM SMTP mail system places in a user
>queue. You have to dump the user queue and print the dump to read the
>entries. This queue automatically wraps, so you will also need to check
>this when you can be sure that there is not much activity in the SMTP
>mail system. Send the message and then use these commands:
>
>dmpobj obj(qusrsys/qtmsflrcq1) objtype(*usrq)
>dmpobj obj(qusrsys/qtmsflrcq2) objtype(*usrq)
>dmpobj obj(qusrsys/qtmsflrcq3) objtype(*usrq)
>Dmpobj obj(qusrsys/qtmsflrcq4) objtype(*usrq)
>
>Review the output to determine the cause of the problem.
>
>If the above information is inadequate to solve the problem you can get
>a more detailed trace by creating the QTMSTRCNTL data area. When this
>data area exists the SMTP support will write detailed trace information
>to trace files. Use this command to create the data area:
>
>Crtdtaara dtaara(qusrsys/qtmstrcntl) type(*char) len(8)
>value('11111100') Text('SMTP trace')
>
>Stop the SMTP server, wait a few minutes, and then start it again. You
>can use the STRTCPSRV command to do this. After the SMTP server is
>started send the message. Wait a few minutes to be sure the message has
>been processed by AS/400 SMTP support. Then stop the SMTP server again.
>View the trace detail with these commands:
>
>dsppfm file(qusrsys/qtmsflrcf1)
>dsppfm file(qusrsys/qtmsflrcf2)
>dsppfm file(qusrsys/qtmsflrcf3)
>dsppfm file(qusrsys/qtmsflrcf4)
>
>
>
>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

Neil Clark
Barsa Consulting, LLC
Tel: (914) 251-1234  Fax: (914) 251-9406

http://www.barsaconsulting.com  and  http://www.taatool.com

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