Re: Sendin Email to the internet from an AS/400 -- MIDRANGE-L

Here is info that Patrick Townsend sent to me a while back to turn on the
"flight recorders" .  Thanks again Patrick, they were a big help!

Yes, here's a section from a document I wrote for Net400 a while ago on
the SMTP flight recorders. Note that you usually need to create the data
area and view the files that get created. Some will be empty, but two or
three may have useful entries. I'll send you the entire document
separately.

Patrick
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If your SMTP message is getting in the QSMTPQ distribution queue but is
not getting delivered, you should check the SMTP flight recorder. There
can sometimes be helpful information in this area. The flight recorder
is a set of entries that the IBM SMTP mail system places in a user
queue. You have to dump the user queue and print the dump to read the
entries. This queue automatically wraps, so you will also need to check
this when you can be sure that there is not much activity in the SMTP
mail system. Send the message and then use these commands:

dmpobj obj(qusrsys/qtmsflrcq1) objtype(*usrq)
dmpobj obj(qusrsys/qtmsflrcq2) objtype(*usrq)
dmpobj obj(qusrsys/qtmsflrcq3) objtype(*usrq)
Dmpobj obj(qusrsys/qtmsflrcq4) objtype(*usrq)

Review the output to determine the cause of the problem.

If the above information is inadequate to solve the problem you can get
a more detailed trace by creating the QTMSTRCNTL data area. When this
data area exists the SMTP support will write detailed trace information
to trace files. Use this command to create the data area:

Crtdtaara dtaara(qusrsys/qtmstrcntl) type(*char) len(8)
value('11111100') Text('SMTP trace')

Stop the SMTP server, wait a few minutes, and then start it again. You
can use the STRTCPSRV command to do this. After the SMTP server is
started send the message. Wait a few minutes to be sure the message has
been processed by AS/400 SMTP support. Then stop the SMTP server again.
View the trace detail with these commands:

dsppfm file(qusrsys/qtmsflrcf1)
dsppfm file(qusrsys/qtmsflrcf2)
dsppfm file(qusrsys/qtmsflrcf3)
dsppfm file(qusrsys/qtmsflrcf4)





Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Townsend <townsend@patownsend.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, August 20, 1999 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: Sendin Email to the internet from an AS/400


>
>Denis,
>
>There is a way to trace the workings of IBM SMTP, but it ain't pretty.
>You can turn on the "flight recorder" and detailed trace information
>will be created in several files. I don't have this information at hand,
>but you can get a white paper on configuring SMTP at the Net400 web site
>(http://www.net400.com). In the white paper there is a description of
>how to turn on the flight recorder. You might also find this information
>in the AS/400 Electronic Mail Capabilities Redbook.
>
>Patrick
>
>Denis Robitaille wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am trying to set up my AS/400 so it can send Email messages to remote
user on the internet.
>>
>> We have TCP/IP set up and running. The AS/400 is linked to the internet
(I can ping internet sites like www.ibm.com).
>>
>> I looked trought the technical studio on the AS/400 web site (e-commerce
101 and 201). It showed me how to setup smtp and the like for internal mail
serving but does not tell me how to send mail to the internet.
>>
>> I then used the read book "AS/400 Electronic-mail Capabilities". I
followed the instruction in there as best as I could. I had it working
finally, but it does not work anymore.
>>
>> I do a SNDDST to an internet mail acount but it never gets there and I
never receive any message.
>>
>> Is there a way to trace the movement of the message in the AS/400? I dont
even know if it got stuck somewhere on the AS/400 or if it got lost on the
internet.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help with this
>>
>> Denis Robitaille
>> Cascades Inc
>> 819 363 5187
>> fax 819 363 5177
>> DRobitaille@cascades.com
>>
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