Re: SMTP Server Not Restarting?

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, if you ever want to cut ties with that darned IBM SMTP server, let me
know.  ;)

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 9:01 PM Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of the startup programs has its own STRTCP instruction coded in it.
> It is on a system that has been upgraded several times and that instruction
> dates back to before the IPL Attributes.  The other one does not have a
> STRTCP.  In both cases, the startup program ran to normal completion but
> the SMTP server never got started.
>
> Rich Loeber - @richloeber
> Kisco Information Systems
> http://www.kisco.com
>
> ________________________________
> On 8/13/2021 6:39 PM, Jack Kingsley wrote:
>
> Rich, how is your startup program post IPL coded.  Maybe the services are
> starting up before the network interface is fully activated.
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 9:56 AM Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx><mailto:
> rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> I have now seen on two different boxes running 7.3 that when the system
> restarts following a long term power outage, the SMTP server does not
> restart correctly.  The SMTP server attributes are clearly set for an
> automatic restart.  I can also see that during the IPL, the shutdown of the
> SMTP server is reported and then the startup is reported.  Then, 2 seconds
> later, it is logging a "normal" end to SMTP.  When the system comes back
> fully, the SMTP server is not running.  Starting it with the STRTCPSVR
> command resolves this, but why is this happening and is there a way to fix
> it?
>
> Rich Loeber - @richloeber
> Kisco Information Systems
> http://www.kisco.com
>
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