[Info-vax] TCPIP Services SMTP config problems

[Rich Jordan]

On Oct 10, 6:58 pm, "Jeff Goodwin" <jgood... at maine.rrr-r.com> wrote:
> "Rich Jordan"  wrote in message
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> >So given the queue name, several config params, and a logical are all
> >being ignored, while the management util (TCPIP SHOW CONFIG SMTP) does
> >display the correct info, is this likely to be a coruption in the TCPIP
> >$CONFIGURATION.DAT file, or could there be some other issue?
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> >Thanks for any thoughts.
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> Per the V5.7 release notes:
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> TCPIP$SMTP.CONF can also be used to configure the trace and debug
> parameters, but the precedence will be changed.
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> The existing configuration based on logical names and TCPIP> SET
> CONFIGURATION
> SMTP is obsolete. The SMTP rollover tool, TCPIP$SMTP_V57_ROLLOVER.EXE,
> can be used to upgrade the TCP/IP software to Version 5.7. Up on upgrade,
> the SMTP startup procedure will automatically change over to new ASCII
> file based configuration method. It creates the TCPIP$SMTP.CONF file
> in the TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON directory. Up on successful rollover,
> SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$SMTP_V57_ROLLOVER.FLG is created.
> Include the appropriate SMTP parameters in this file. The configuration
> template
> file, TCPIP$SMTP.CONF_TEMPLATE, contains the description of all SMTP
> configurable parameters and its usage.

That must be it and it must have been totally missed.  Certainly by me
now, and the ones who upgraded.

I wonder why the powers that be decided to change config methodology
rather than do some of the more important misses and updates the TCPIP
Services really need...