RE: Any MAIL MANager (Generic Software Inc.) users out there?

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the reply, Sean.  Comments inline...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Sean Porterfield
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 7:41 PM
>
> Dan Bale wrote:
>
> > We're using MAIL MANager (Rel 2.50) and are having a problem
> > when new users are added to the system.  User message queues
> > are created with a default *PUBLIC authority of *USE.
>
> Our new users have *PUBLIC *CHANGE by default.  I wonder if you've
> changed a parameter somewhere?

Or a security setting perhaps?  Is there something that would change how the
system creates the authority on the user msgq when the user profile is
created?

Although, I have to wonder.  If users' message queues are set to
*PUBLIC:*CHANGE, doesn't that mean that anyone can delete messages from
someone else's message queue?  That could not be a good thing.

> > MailMan chokes on this with CPF2408 / CPF2469 (Not
> > authorized to message queue USERNAME).
>
> See help on SNDMSG:
>
> 1.  The user must have object operational and add authorities to
>      the message queue.
>
> *USE does not provide add authority.  MAIL_MANN sends a message to the
> recipient which requires that authority just as any user using the
> SNDMSG command (or SysRq 5).

Actually, after I posted to the list yesterday, I finally received a call
back from support on this problem.  According to support, MAIL_MANN uses
SNDPGMMSG, and the help on SNDPGMMSG does not show any of the authority
requirements as SNDMSG.

I created two new *USER test profiles, TEST1 & TEST2, with no special
authorities; user *MSGQ set to *PUBLIC:*USE.  I signed on as TEST1, and ran
this program:

  Pgm
   SNDPGMMSG  MSG('this is just a test') +
                TOMSGQ(QUSRSYS/TEST2)
  Endpgm

It ran fine, and sent the message to TEST2.

db