Re: V7R1 SMTP change

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Scott.

Support did essentially state what that document states, that users should
be using the FWDMAILHUB parm in cases like ours where we want all mail
forwarded.


On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Scott Klement
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> If you're looking for an explanation, the closest thing I've found is
> the following APAR:
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas244e9357c28dca0e286257763003c733e
>
> It's not a great explanation (to put it mildly).  But it provides some
> information, at least.
>
>
> On 5/2/2011 9:54 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Upgraded to V7R1 over the weekend.  I tested email sending yesterday by
> > sending emails to my gmail address and it worked, so I thought all was
> well.
> >   It was not.
> >
> > The System i was unable to send emails this morning to anyone with a
> > dilgardfoods.com email address.  I opened a PMR with IBM and they solved
> it.
> > Among the many parameters on the CHGSMTPA ("Change SMTP Attributes")
> command
> > on the System i, there are 2 parameters that confuse customers.  They
> are:
> > 1) "Mail router" which was set to oursmtprelay.nottellingyou.blahblah.
>  This
> > parameter tells the System i "Where should I send mail when I can't
> resolve
> > the recipient?"
> > 2) "Forwarding mailhub server" which specifies where ALL mail should be
> > sent.  This was blank.
> >
> > He said customers tend to see "mail router" and think all mail will be
> sent
> > there.  Not the case.  We put oursmtprelay.nottellingyou.blahblah in the
> > forwarding mailhub server parameter as well because that's where we want
> all
> > email to go.  Cycled SMTP and all was well.
> >
> > Evidently something changed from V6R1 to V7R1 in the functionality of
> these
> > 2 parameters.
>
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