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

[bill.hall at navistar.com]

On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 2:00:05 AM UTC-6, Marco Beishuizen wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2018, the wise bill.hall--- via Info-vax wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> $ tcpip show version
> 
>    HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.7 - ECO 5
>    on a Digital Personal WorkStation  running OpenVMS V8.4
> [...]
> 
> The tcpip$smtp.conf looks like:
> 
> $ type tcpip$smtp.conf
> !TCPIP$SMTP.CONF file created at : Mon Jan 22 02:23:32 2018
> 
> 
> !TCPIP SMTP configuration data:
> 
> Initial-Interval              : 0 00:30:00.00
> Retry-Interval                : 0 01:00:00.00
> Retry-Maximum                 : 3 00:00:00.00
> Receive-Timeout               : 5
> Retry-Address                 : 16
> Hop-Count                     : 16
> Number-Of-Queues-Per-Node     : 1
> Send-Timeout-Init             : 5
> Send-Timeout-Mail             : 5
> Send-Timeout-Rcpt             : 5
> Send-Timeout-Data             : 3
> Send-Timeout-Term             : 10
> Header-Placement              : TOP
> Eightbit                      : FALSE
> Relay                         : FALSE
> Alternate-Gateway            : 192.168.178.1
> General-Gateway               : 192.168.178.1
> !Zone                         : < not defined >
> !Substitute-Domain            : < not defined >
> Queue-Name                    :
> Log-Line-Numbers              : FALSE
> Memory-Debug                  : FALSE
> Mail$Protocol-Debug           : FALSE
> CF-Debug                      : FALSE
> Parse-Debug                   : FALSE
> Unbacktranslatable-IP-Text    : Closing transmission channel.
> Bad-Clients-Text              : Closing transmission channel.
> Client-In-RBL-Text            : Closing transmission channel.
> Reject-Mail-From-Text         : Closing transmission channel.
> Unqualified-Sender-Text       : Closing transmission channel.
> Unresolvable-Domain-Text      : Closing transmission channel.
> SPAM-Relay-Text               : User not local, Relay disabled.
> EXPN-Used-Text                : Closing transmission channel.
> VRFY-Used-Text                : Closing transmission channel.
> [...]
> 
> As there is no "Queue-Name" I'm thinking there is something with the mail 
> queue not correctly configured.
> 
> Regards,
> Marco
> -- 
> Wasting time is an important part of living.

The "Queue-Name" entry default to the generic queue TCPIP$SMTP.  You have "Number-Of-Queues-Per-Node" set as 1 execution queue configured.  $SHOW QUEUE/FULL TCPIP$SMTP* should look something like this example from a two node cluster.  

Generic server queue TCPIP$SMTP
  /GENERIC=(TCPIP$SMTP_HOST1_1,TCPIP$SMTP_HOST2_1) /OWNER=[SYSMGT,SYSTEM] /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S)

Server queue TCPIP$SMTP_HOST1_1, idle, on HOST1::, mounted form DEFAULT
  /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) /OWNER=[SYSMGT,SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$SMTP_SYMBIONT /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S)

Server queue TCPIP$SMTP_HOST2_1, idle, on HOST2::, mounted form DEFAULT
  /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) /OWNER=[SYSMGT,SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$SMTP_SYMBIONT /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S)