Re: V7R1 SMTP change

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

If you're looking for an explanation, the closest thing I've found is 
the following APAR:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas244e9357c28dca0e286257763003c733e

It's not a great explanation (to put it mildly).  But it provides some 
information, at least.


On 5/2/2011 9:54 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> All,
>
> Upgraded to V7R1 over the weekend.  I tested email sending yesterday by
> sending emails to my gmail address and it worked, so I thought all was well.
>   It was not.
>
> The System i was unable to send emails this morning to anyone with a
> dilgardfoods.com email address.  I opened a PMR with IBM and they solved it.
>
> Among the many parameters on the CHGSMTPA ("Change SMTP Attributes") command
> on the System i, there are 2 parameters that confuse customers.  They are:
>
> 1) "Mail router" which was set to oursmtprelay.nottellingyou.blahblah.  This
> parameter tells the System i "Where should I send mail when I can't resolve
> the recipient?"
> 2) "Forwarding mailhub server" which specifies where ALL mail should be
> sent.  This was blank.
>
> He said customers tend to see "mail router" and think all mail will be sent
> there.  Not the case.  We put oursmtprelay.nottellingyou.blahblah in the
> forwarding mailhub server parameter as well because that's where we want all
> email to go.  Cycled SMTP and all was well.
>
> Evidently something changed from V6R1 to V7R1 in the functionality of these
> 2 parameters.