Re: SNDDST trouble-shooting

["Ron Smith" <rksmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul, 

We have been having the same problems with OV/400 mail to/from
the Internet since we moved to V3R1.  It got some better with
PTF's but never cured.  When we went to V3R2 all the problems
came back.  It has got some better with PTF's but never cured. 
I watch the QTSMTPSRVR joblob detail for outgoing and incoming
queued distributions.  Once they start to stack up there is no
hope.  The only way to clear them is to use the QTMSCLEAN dtaara
with a warm boot (cold also works but no detail).  At least it
helps clean up the distributions.  Generally it is one or two
items that cause others to hang.

The funny thing is most of the hung items are from a very few
users, but I haven't been able to determine the cause.  I have a
feeling that problem is bad mailboxes at one end or the other
(no proof).  I have gone though the same support items as you
and finally given up and am doing it manually.  Parts of SMTP
worked better at V2.

Right now I have a problem with 1 outgoing and 7 incoming
distributions.

Let me know if you want to discuss this futher.

IBM told me the same thing about DNS.  DNS not there is like
GPF, it covers a lot of other errors.
Funny thing is that our DNS is there for everyone execpt the
400.  :)

Ron Smith

PaulMmn <PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

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>We've been having a similar problem wiht v3r1:  SMTP mail from our AS/400
>to The Internet gets 'hung up' on the AS/400 and never makes it.  IBM
>suggested changing the retries to make the messages fail, but we're back to
>the same problem:  QxSMTPSRVR job starts and shows xxx outgoing messages
>queued. Some get pushed out if SMTP is ended and re-started, but that's not
>a guarantee.
>
>IBM took some dumps/flight recordings and thinks our DNS server (at our
>ISP) isn't responding.
>
>I've tried changing job priority of the SMTP server jobs to run above
>Interactive, but there are still messages queued.
>
>No, they're NOT stuck in the DSTQ.  (WRKDSTQ)
>
>Anyone have any clues?
>
>- --Paul E Musselman
>PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com
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