[Info-vax] SFF problem with VSI on Integrity?

[Oswald Knoppers]

On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 14:49:38 -0500, Richard Jordan wrote:

> I have contacted VSI but thought I'd ask here too.  If anyone can give
> this a try and let me know if they experience the problem I'd appreciate
> knowing.
> 
> Integrity server, VMS V8.4-2L1, TCPIP V5.7 eco 5 with any later hotfixes
> as of June 2023 applied.
> 
> V8.4-2L3 is coming but I can't install it to check for a while.
> 
> We use the 'sendmail.com' freeware to send email with binary attachments
> (mostly PDFs) with customized SMTP headers.  On this VSI system we get a
> single error every time we run SFF from the command procedure.
> 
> Exact same procedure on a V8.3 Alpha and an HP V8.4 Integrity run
> without error so we're tentatively calling it a VSI issue.
> 
> Every run using symbol form via
> 
>       sff :== $SYS$SYSTEM:TCPIP$SMTP_SFF.EXE
> 
> (as defined within sendmail.com)
> 
> generates the following error, but also still creates the email
> successfully:
> 
>       %LIB-F-INVNBDS, invalid numeric byte data string
> 
> Happens with any normal or priv'd account, regardless of the body text
> file, presence or absence of attachments, who the recipient is, presence
> or absence of a subject line.

Does sending mail to a smtp% address using the mail command work? I have 
seen errors using sff caused by errors in the smtp config (tcpip show 
config smtp).

Oswald