[Info-vax] $ mail/subj="test" NL: smtp%"John.Doe at gmail.com" failed

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote 2012-05-04 10:23:
> In article
> <2446893.24.1336113088162.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums at vbez18>, DTL
> <didier.morandi at gmail.com>  writes:
>
>> I enabled my SMTP Client for
>>
>>    DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6
>>    on a DEC 3000 Model 400 running OpenVMS V8.3
>>
>> but command
>>
>> $  mail/subj="test" NL: smtp%"John.Doe at gmail.com"
>>
>> failed "gracefully" (no error messages on screen)
>> Mail did not go through.
>> I checked my spam box, nothing.
>> Where should I start my investigations, please?
>
> SMTP log files.  You might want to define some stuff in
> TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON:SMTP.CONFIG to allow more verbose messages.

There are a few logicals names that enables more verbose logging,
see the TCPIP documentation "management" and the SMTP section.

How is your "alternate gateway" in SMTP setup ?

Jan-Erik.

>
> I define TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON as a search list:
>
>     "TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON" = "SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$SMTP]" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
>          = "CLUSTER_TCPIP_SMTP"
> 1  "CLUSTER_TCPIP_SMTP" = "CLUSTER_DISK:[SYSTEM.TCPIP_SMTP]" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
>
> The first definition is the default one.  CLUSTER_DISK is a non-system
> disk which has stuff common to all nodes like SYSUAF etc.
>