RE: SNDEMAIL not working

Thanks Brad.  
I will give this a try.  

Michael Smith
iSeries.mySeries.


-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Stone [mailto:brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:46 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: SNDEMAIL not working


If the command posted doesn't work and SNDDST doesn't work
that it has to be an issue with the IBM SMTP server and/or
the mail router.

You could run a quick test by downloading MAILTOOL from
www.bvstools.com/mailtool.html.

You'll also be sent temp keys for MAILTOOL and MAILTOOL
Plus when the information is filled out.

Apply both keys as stated in the email once MAILTOOL is installed.  This
will activate MAILTOOL and the MAILTOOL Plus addon which allows you to
totally bypass the IBM SMTP server and get some decent traces of the
SMTP communications.

Next, use MAILTOOL to send a simple email.  But also
specify:

SENDWITH(*MAILTOOL)
MAILRTR(xx.xx.xx.xx)
USERTR(*ONLY)
DEBUG(*YES)

Replace xx.xx.xx.xx with the mail router you're using.  

Now, once it's done this will create a debug trace file
named /tmp/mailtoolsmtp.txt.  This will be MUCH easier to
read that the flight recorder for SMTP and tell you if the email is
getting delivered or not.

When running this command it will send the email totally bypassing the
IBM SMTP server.  This may tell you what the issue is.  If you see that
the mail router is saying something like "nope, I'm not sending this,
you're trying to relay" you know that's the issue.  If it doesn't and
says everything is fine, the issue may be with the IBM SMTP server
setup.

I've never really liked the IBM SMTP server...  which
forced me to roll my own.  :)

Feel free to contact me for help on this.  I'm not asking
you purchase my software, I'm simply offering it as a diagnostic tool.

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:59:04 -0500
 "Smith, Mike" <Mike_Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Scott,
> Been through the troubleshooting steps.
> My network went through it yesterday and I just went
> through it. 
> I did the journaling of the components, but I didn't see
> anything
> showing a problem, but its very possible I missed
> something, because I
> couldn't find any subcodes mentioned in the document
> about journaling.
> 
> 
> I just tried the command you posted and I still get the
> same results.
> Nothing.
> 
> I've got to be missing something simple.  I guess I'll
> start at the
> beginning again tomorrow.
> 
> Michael Smith
> iSeries.mySeries.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Klement [mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 3:45 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: SNDEMAIL not working
> 
> 
> 
> Have you followed the e-mail troubleshooting steps in the Information
> Center?  including the bit about journaling the
> components?
> 
> E-mail is documented here:
>
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/topic/rzair/rzairg
> etstart.htm
> 
> or, if you prefer:
> http://tinyurl.com/7skgm
> 
> Scroll down to where it says "Troubleshoot e-mail", and
> click that link.
> 
> I'm not familiar with /QTMP -- never heard of it before
> -- but if you
> have
> lots of entries in /TMP, that might be an indication that
> you're having
> a 
> problem with the "restrict rename and unlink" thing
> that's been
> discussed 
> here a few times in the past.  An easy solution to that
> is to do:
> 
> CHGATR OBJ('/tmp') ATR(*RSTDRNMUNL) VALUE(*NO)
> 
> ---
> Scott Klement  http://www.scottklement.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Smith, Mike wrote:
> 
> > I just noticed something in regards to the 'Restrict
> rename and
> > unlink' references. I have been under the impression
> that the emails
> > ran through QTCPTMM so I have been searching this
> directory.
> > When the mention of /QTMP came in I went and looked in
> there and low
> and
> > behold I have loads of email messages.
> >
> > I wonder if it is as simple as clearing them all out.
> >
> > Does this make sense?
> >
> > Michael Smith
> > iSeries.mySeries.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Smith, Mike
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 3:30 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: RE: SNDEMAIL not working
> >
> >
> > Well, Honestly, I'm not sure since I don't recall when
> it quit
> > working.
> >
> > The development and production machines are both at
> V5R3.  However the
> 
> > Production machine is an 810 and development is a I5 I
> checked this
> > attribute on both machines through Iseries Navigator.
> Neither has this
> 
> > attribute set.
> >
> > When I look at the joblogs in the MSF jobs there are no
> errors, but no
> 
> > indication that anything is happening either.
> >
> >
> > Michael Smith
> > iSeries.mySeries.
> >
> >
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