[Info-vax] TCPWare SMTP Setup

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-12-28 kl. 14:15, skrev Chris Townley:
> 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


Have you tried to run a manual SMTP session?

What if you do:

$ telnet RELAY.PLUS.NET /port=25

Does the SMTP server reply in a sensible way?

This is from a working setup (some data hidden):

$ tcpip sho conf smtp /fu

SMTP Configuration
                                                        Options
Initial interval: 0 00:30:00.00   Address_max:    16   NOEIGHT_BIT
Retry interval:   0 01:00:00.00   Hop_count_max:  16   NORELAY
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:  xxx.xxx.xxx
General gateway:    not defined

Substitute domain:  yyy.xxx
Zone:               not defined

Postmaster:         TCPIP$SMTP
Log file:           SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$SMTP]TCPIP$SMTP_LOGFILE.LOG

Generic queue       Queues   Participating nodes

TCPIP$SMTP_zzzz_00     1     zzzz

$
$ telnet xxx.xxx.xxx /port=25
%TELNET-I-TRYING, Trying ... 1.2.3.4
%TELNET-I-SESSION, Session 01, host xxx.xxx.xxx, port 25
220 xxx.xxx.xxx Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 8.5.9600.16384 ready 
at  Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:36:25 +0100
quit  <<== My entry...
221 2.0.0 xxx.xxx.xxx Service closing transmission channel
%TELNET-S-REMCLOSED, Remote connection closed
-TELNET-I-SESSION, Session 01, host xxx.xxx.xxx, port 25
$
$

Maybe you need a "substitue domain" so that your SMTP client
is accepted by your SMTP server?