Re: How to Change SMTP Server

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

CHGSMTPA

Check the firewall and mail router settings.

If you're moving to something like Office 365 you're chasing your tail with
the IBM SMTP Server to send mails, though.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM Adams, Jay via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We are changing our SMTP server, so I need to change the settings on our
> IBM i to use the new server. This seems like it should be simple but I am
> having trouble getting it to work.
> Here is what I have done so far.
>
>   1.  On the new SMTP server, I have entered the IP address of our IBM i
> to authorize it to receive email from our system.
>   2.  I've added the new SMTP server in the Host Table Entries (I don't
> know if I needed to do this or not).
>   3.  ENDMSF *IMMED
>   4.  ENDTCPSVR *SMTP
>   5.  CHGSMTPA
> Changed the Mail Router from the address of the old SMTP server to the
> address of the new SMTP server.
>   6.  STRTCPSVR *SMTP
>   7.  STRMSF
>   8.  Send email from IBM i using the SNDDST command.
>
> I get the email but it does not come through the new SMTP server. There is
> a webpage for the new server that shows the email activity for it and it
> does not show the email that I sent coming through that server. It does
> show other emails that came from our company from outside the IBM i.
> Is there something that I need to do that I haven't done?
>
> Jay Adams
> Senior Programmer Analyst
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