[Info-vax] "SEND MAIL" doesn't send mail, mail stays in queue

[bill.hall at navistar.com]

On Monday, January 22, 2018 at 12:33:56 PM UTC-6, Marco Beishuizen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use MAIL on my DEC PWS600au running OpenVMS 8.4. SMTP is 
> enabled and running. The MAIL program seems to work. I used "SET 
> CONFIGURATION SMTP" to set the mail gateway to the ISP mail server. There 
> are no error messages.
> 
> Problem is that when entering a mail message and sending it, nothing 
> happens. The mail messages stay in the mail queue forever.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Marco
> -- 
> System restarting, wait...

Marco,

You didn't post the version of TCPIP Services you're running, but with VMS 8.4 I'd assume TCPIP v5.7.  V5.7 uses a configuration file to configure SMTP, TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON:TCPIP$SMTP.CONF, not SET CONFIG commands.  IIRC, the output from SHOW CONFIG SMTP is not an accurate display of the running configuration.