Re: Email sending problem -- any Google Relay experts here?

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you really want to use the IBM SMTP server, I would suggest you contact
IBM support and explain the issues.

This is especially true if you want to use the smtp-relay.gmail.com as the
middle.  It's been getting hammered by spammers and phishing lately... and
is really meant for devices (like printers and fax machines) that can't be
configured to use the proper smtp.gmail.com server which uses TLS and your
account credentials (they have a TLS option in their SMTP server also but
they require a scope that almost no one will be allowed be verified in
their apps.. long story.. I've been through that with Google a couple times
now).



On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 11:55 AM James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>
> I'm using MMAIL for testing *precisely* because it's a convenience
> wrapper around QtmmSendMail (which the actual back-end application calls
> directly).
>
> This morning, I was holding out hope that the problem was that the
> Google Relay hadn't yet "ripened." Still no joy.
>
> Here is what my CHGSMTPA currently looks like:
>
>   Autostart server . . . . . . . . AUTOSTART      *NO
>   Clear e-mail on start-up . . . . COLDSTART      *NO
>   E-mail directory type  . . . . . DIRTYPE        *SMTP
>   Retries by minute:               RTYMIN
>     Number of retries  . . . . . .                3
>     Time interval  . . . . . . . .                30
>   Retries by day:                  RTYDAY
>     Number of retries  . . . . . .                0
>     Time interval  . . . . . . . .                0
>   Retries by hour:                 RTYHOUR
>     Number of retries  . . . . . .                0
>     Time interval  . . . . . . . .                0
>   Retry remote name server . . . . RTYRMTSVR      *NO
>   Coded character set identifier   CCSID          819
>   Journal  . . . . . . . . . . . . JOURNAL        *NO
>   Percent routing character  . . . PCTRTGCHR      *NO
>   Support ETRN for server  . . . . ETRNSVR        *NO
>   Support 8-bit MIME . . . . . . . MIME8BIT       *NO
>   Delivery status notification:    NFYDLVRY
>     Responsible person . . . . . .                *NONE
>   Subsystem description  . . . . . SBSD           QSYSWRK
>     Library  . . . . . . . . . . .                  QSYS
>   Realtime Blackhole List  . . . . RBLSVR         *NONE
>   Allow relayed mail . . . . . . . ALWRLY         *NONE
>                             + for more values
>   POP send mail window . . . . . . POPWDW         *NONE
>   Interface/domain association . . IFCDMN         *NONE
>   Filter mail for virus  . . . . . FTRACN         *NONE
>   Override reject connect list . . OVRRJTCNNL     *NO
>   Allow bare line feed . . . . . . ALWBARELF      *YES
>   Verify identification  . . . . . VFYID          *NO
>   Allow authentication . . . . . . ALWAUTH        *NONE
>   Verify MSF messages  . . . . . . VFYMSFMSG      *YES
>   Verify from user . . . . . . . . VFYFROMUSR     *ALL
>   Forwarding mailhub server  . . . FWDHUBSVR      'smtp-relay.gmail.com'
>   Automatic registration . . . . . AUTOADD        *NO
>     User ID prefix . . . . . . . . USRIDPFX       QSM
>     Address  . . . . . . . . . . . ADDRESS        QSMRMTAD
>     System name  . . . . . . . . . SYSNAME        TCPIP
>     Alias table type . . . . . . . TBLTYPE        *SYSTEM
>   User ID delimiter  . . . . . . . USRIDDELIM     '?'
>   Mail router  . . . . . . . . . . MAILROUTER     *SAME
>   Outgoing EBCDIC/ASCII table:     TBLSMTPOUT
>     Outgoing EBCDIC/ASCII table  .                *CCSID
>       Library  . . . . . . . . . .
>   Incoming ASCII/EBCDIC table:     TBLSMTPIN
>     Incoming ASCII/EBCDIC table  .                *CCSID
>       Library  . . . . . . . . . .
>   Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . FIREWALL       *NO
>   Process all mail through MSF . . ALLMAILMSF     *NO
>   Dial-up scheduler:               DIALSCD
>     Start with SMTP server . . . .                *NO
>     Configuration profile  . . . .
>     Connection time interval . . .
>   Support ETRN for client:         ETRNCLT
>     Enable client ETRN . . . . . .                *NO
>     Incoming mail server address
>
>     Mail domain name . . . . . . .
>   Allow e-mail over implicit SSL   ALWIMPSSL      *NO
>   Max incoming e-mail messages . . MAXINEMM       *DFT
>   Max outgoing e-mail messages . . MAXOUTEMM      *DFT
>   Keep until:                      KEEPUNTIL
>     Successful final state . . . .                *DFT
>     Unsuccessful final state . . .                *DFT
>   Maximum e-mail message size  . . MAXEMMSIZE     *DFT
>   SMTP domain alias  . . . . . . . ALIASDMN       *NONE
>
> The Google Relay was created to accept anything from the public IP
> address of the box, with TLS active. Following instructions, I set a
> QIBM_SMTP_SERVER_PORT environment variable at the system level; in
> WRKENVVAR, it looks like:
>
>     QIBM_SMTP_SERVER_PORT       '587'
>
> Am I missing anything?
>
> --
> JHHL
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