[Info-vax] TCPWare SMTP Setup

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-12-28 kl. 14:28, skrev 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

Isn't that the same thing as "substitute domain" in TCPIP Services?