[Info-vax] TCPWare SMTP Setup

[Chris Townley]

On 28/12/2020 13:15, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 28/12/2020 11:57, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <rsceu2$eae$1 at dont-email.me>, Chris Townley
>> <news at cct-net.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>> Having completely failed to get this running under TCP/IP I thought I
>>> would try under TCPWare - V6.0-0 under OpenVMS V8.4-2L1
>>>
>>> I am trying to simply enable sending via my ISPs SMTP server, which I
>>> had done many tears ago under VMS 7.3 with TCPWare, and ISTR under VMS
>>> 8.3 with TCP/IP services, but so far getting nowhere!
>>
>> So you have sent outgoing mail via a TCPIP relay server before?
>>
> Yes, although not on the machines I am playing with - they are boty 
> fresh installs of VSI 8.4-2L1 on FreeAXP - 1 with TCPWare and one with 
> TCP/IP Services
> 
>>> Cam anybody point me to some sort of Noddy goes SMTP document? All the
>>> documentation I can find explains bits, but not how to do it
>>
>> TCPIP> SET CONFIG SMTP/GATEWAY=ALTERNATE=<name of relay server>
>>
> 
> Have played with this, as well as /GATEWAY=GENERAL-<> but either qway 
> the send job is queued up, then disapp;ears to be repokaced by another 
> job. All I see in the log is:
> 
> $ type SYS$SYSROOT:[TCPIP$SMTP]TCPIP$SMTP_VSIALP.LOG;38
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%                   28-DEC-2020 12:28:56.19  %%%%%%%%%%%%
> %TCPIP-I-SMTP_LOGSUC, using log file 
> TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON:TCPIP$SMTP_VSIALP.LOG
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%                   28-DEC-2020 12:28:56.22  %%%%%%%%%%%%
> %TCPIP-I-SMTP_SYMBRUN, symbiont is running the queue TCPIP$SMTP_VSIALP_1
> 
> _VSIALP$DKA100:[TOWNLEYC]20122812391730_TOWNLEYC-131.TCPIP_VSIALP;1
> From: townleyc at vsialp.cct-net.co.uk
> To: cctownley at gmail.com
> Requeued.
> 
> _VSIALP$DKA100:[TOWNLEYC]20122812391730_TOWNLEYC-131.TCPIP_VSIALP;1
> From: townleyc at vsialp.cct-net.co.uk
> To: cctownley at gmail.com
> Requeued.
> 
> _VSIALP$DKA100:[TOWNLEYC]20122812391730_TOWNLEYC-131.TCPIP_VSIALP;1
> From: townleyc at vsialp.cct-net.co.uk
> To: cctownley at gmail.com
> Requeued.
> 
> Which is not much use!
> 
> I have the following setup:
> 
> $ tcpip show config smtp /full
> 
> SMTP Configuration
>                                                                     Options
> Initial interval:   0 00:30:00.00       Address_max:    16       EIGHT_BIT
> Retry interval:     0 01:00:00.00       Hop_count_max:  16       RELAY
> Maximum interval:   3 00:00:00.00                                
> TOP_HEADERS
> 
> Timeout             Initial       Mail    Receipt       Data  Terminate
>    Send:                   5          5          5          3         10
>    Receive:                5
> 
> Alternate gateway:  RELAY.PLUS.NET
> General gateway:    RELAY.PLUS.NET
> 
> Substitute domain:  not defined
> Zone:               not defined
> 
> Postmaster:         TCPIP$SMTP
> Log file:           SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$SMTP]TCPIP$SMTP_LOGFILE.LOG
> 
> Generic queue       Queues   Participating nodes
> 
> TCPIP$SMTP_VSIALP_00   1     VSIALP
> $
> 
> 
> where RELAY.PLUS.NET is my ISPs SMTP server - they do not require 
> authentication if coming from one of their addresses.
> 
> 
> 
> cHRIS

Actually managed to fix the TCPWare setup - I need to add a from domain, so

MAIL-CONFIG>set SMTP-HOST-NAMES <my domain>

saved, restarted it and I got an email out. Now see if I can fix TCP/IP 
Services version

Chris