[Info-vax] %MAIL-E-INVITMLEN ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2012-03-03, Snowshoe <no at spam.please> wrote:
> On 3/3/2012 11:37 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>
>> No. On the version of TCP/IP you are running, you can create a file
>> called {username}.dis in the SMTP system directory containing a list of
>> email addresses a incoming email should be forwarded to when {username}
>> is sent a email. As of V5.6 ECO 5, this works just fine as I have it
>> in production use.
>>
>> The details are in the TCP/IP documentation. (I don't have a reference
>> to hand as I am not at work.)
>>
>> If you use this option, be sure to remove the MAIL level SET FORWARD
>> redirection first.
>
> It works so far that it actually forwards the mail. I haven't seen any 
> bounce errors -- yet.
> Thanks.
>

You are welcome.

>> I will say that I am a bit surprised that something this basic has been
>> broken. Are you sure that there isn't, say, a problem with the target
>> mailbox file structure ($ anal/rms to check) or a subtle syntax problem ?
>
> $ ANAL/RMS doesn't report any errors for the destination MAIL.MAI file.

At least we can eliminate that as a possibility.

>>
>> (If you are using SET FORWARD in a supported way and it really has been
>> broken in V5.7, then that's a _major_ concern.)
>
> Be concerned.

Can anyone else reproduce this or has Snowshoe been caught by some kind of
boundary case bug triggered by some site specific configuration ?

Even judging by the recent problems VMS and TCP/IP has experienced, this
is a pretty basic bit of functionality to break and it would be pretty
alarming if it turns out to be a general problem.

Simon.

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