Re: Delayed email (sent through QtmmSendMail, either directly or via MMail)

Here's what I sent yesterday:

We have google apps. We email through gmail relay from the IBM i. This is
our CHGSMTPA:

Change SMTP Attributes (CHGSMTPA)



Type choices, press Enter.



Autostart server . . . . . . . . *YES *SAME, *YES, *NO

Clear e-mail on start-up . . . . *NO *SAME, *YES, *NO

E-mail directory type . . . . . *SDD *SAME, *SMTP, *SMTPMSF,
*SDD
Retries by minute:

Number of retries . . . . . . 24 0-99, *SAME, *DFT

Time interval . . . . . . . . 30 0-99, *SAME, *DFT

Retries by day:

Number of retries . . . . . . 0 0-9, *SAME, *DFT

Time interval . . . . . . . . 0 0-9, *SAME, *DFT

Retries by hour:

Number of retries . . . . . . 0 0-99, *SAME, *DFT

Time interval . . . . . . . . 0 0-99, *SAME, *DFT

Retry remote name server . . . . *NO *SAME, *YES, *NO

Coded character set identifier 819 1-65533, *SAME, *DFT

Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . *YES *SAME, *YES, *NO

Percent routing character . . . *NO *SAME, *YES, *NO

Support ETRN for server . . . . *NO *SAME, *NO, *YES

Support 8-bit MIME . . . . . . . *NO *SAME, *NO, *YES

Delivery status notification:

Responsible person . . . . . . *NONE







Subsystem description . . . . . QSYSWRK Name, *SAME, *DFT

Library . . . . . . . . . . . QSYS Name

Realtime Blackhole List . . . . 'sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org list.dsbl.org
bl.spamc
op.net'





Allow relayed mail . . . . . . . *ALL *SAME, *NONE, *ALL,
*BOTH...
+ for more values

POP send mail window . . . . . . *NONE 15-65535 minutes, *NONE

Interface/domain association . . *NONE *SAME, *NONE, *LIST

Filter mail for virus . . . . . *DISCARD *SAME, *NONE, *KEEP,
*DISCARD
Override reject connect list . . *YES *SAME, *NO, *YES

Allow bare line feed . . . . . . *NO *SAME, *NO, *YES

Verify identification . . . . . *YES *SAME, *NO, *YES

Allow authentication . . . . . . *NONE *SAME, *RELAY,
*LCLRLY...
Verify MSF messages . . . . . . *NO *SAME, *YES, *NO

Verify from user . . . . . . . . *ALL *SAME, *ALL, *LIST,
*NONE
Forwarding mailhub server . . . 'smtp-relay.gmail.com'





Automatic registration . . . . . *NO *SAME, *NO, *YES

User ID prefix . . . . . . . . QSM Name, *SAME, *DFT

Address . . . . . . . . . . . QSMRMTAD Name, *SAME, *DFT

System name . . . . . . . . . TCPIP Character value, *SAME,
*DFT
Alias table type . . . . . . . *SYSTEM *SAME, *SYSTEM,
*PERSONAL
User ID delimiter . . . . . . . '.' *SAME, *DFT, ?, =, ., &,
$...
Mail router . . . . . . . . . . 'smtp-relay.gmail.com'







Outgoing EBCDIC/ASCII table:

Outgoing EBCDIC/ASCII table . *CCSID Name, *SAME, *CCSID,
*DFT
Library . . . . . . . . . . Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB

Incoming ASCII/EBCDIC table:

Incoming ASCII/EBCDIC table . *CCSID Name, *SAME, *CCSID,
*DFT
Library . . . . . . . . . . Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB

Process all mail through MSF . . *NO *SAME, *YES, *NO

Dial-up scheduler:

Start with SMTP server . . . . *NO *NO, *SAME, *YES

Configuration profile . . . . Name, *SAME

Connection time interval . . . 1-1440 minutes, *SAME,
*NONE
Support ETRN for client:

Enable client ETRN . . . . . . *NO *NO, *SAME, *YES

Incoming mail server address



Mail domain name . . . . . . .



Allow e-mail over implicit SSL *NO *SAME, *YES, *NO

Max incoming e-mail messages . . *DFT 1-1240000, *SAME, *DFT

Max outgoing e-mail messages . . *DFT 1-1240000, *SAME, *DFT

Keep until . . . . . . . . . . . *DFT 1-1240000, *SAME, *DFT

Maximum e-mail message size . . *DFT 1000-2000000, *SAME,
*DFT
SMTP domain alias . . . . . . . *NONE



We also have this system environment variable:

Work with Environment Vars (*SYS)

Type options, press Enter.
1=Add 2=Change 4=Remove 5=Display details 6=Print

Opt Name Value

QIBM_SMTP_SERVER_PORT '587'


And the IP address we are sending from is out there on google as being
valid for relay.

Brad was invaluable in helping me get this working. Been well over a year
now.