Re: How do I change SMTP mail relay server?

[Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx>]

My SMTP properties has our Exchange server for "Forwarding mailhub domain"
and "Mail router", and "Forward outgoing mail to router through firewall"
is checked.

HTH


date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:20:55 +0000
> from: Tom Hightower <tomh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: How do I change SMTP mail relay server?
>
> For many years we've relay-routed our IBMi-generated emails to an internal
> email server on a Win10 box (MAILSVR1), and that's worked fine. Now TPTB
> have set us up with hosted outlook.com server.  To test it, we've set up
> another internal mail server on a separate Win10 box (MAILSVR2). I know
> that I need to change the forwarding hub info.
>
> MAILSVR1 receives email from the i and relays it to the outlook.com server
> MAILSVR2 will do the same thing, once I get the forwarding hub working...
>
> Here's what we have that works in CHGSMTPA, using MAILSVR2:
>
> Autostart server . . . . . . . .   *NO
> Clear e-mail on start-up . . . .   *NO
> E-mail directory type  . . . . .   *SMTPMSF
> Retries by minute:
>   Number of retries  . . . . . .   3
>   Time interval  . . . . . . . .   30
> Retries by day:
>   Number of retries  . . . . . .   0
>   Time interval  . . . . . . . .   0
> Retries by hour:
>   Number of retries  . . . . . .   0
>   Time interval  . . . . . . . .   0
> Coded character set identifier     819
> Journal  . . . . . . . . . . . .   *YES
> Support ETRN for server  . . . .   *NO
>  Delivery status notification:
>    Responsible person . . . . . .   *NONE
> Subsystem description  . . . . .   QSYSWRK
>    Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     QSYS
>  Realtime Blackhole List  . . . .   *NONE
> Allow relayed mail . . . . . . .   *NONE
>                 + for more values
>  POP send mail window . . . . . .   *NONE
>  Interface/domain association . .   *NONE
>  Filter mail for virus  . . . . .   *NONE
>  Override reject connect list . .   *YES
>  Allow bare line feed . . . . . .   *NO
>  Verify identification  . . . . .   *YES
>  Allow authentication . . . . . .   *NONE
>  Verify MSF messages  . . . . . .   *NO
>  Verify from user . . . . . . . .   *NONE
>  Forwarding mailhub server  . . .   'MAILSVR1'
> Allow e-mail over implicit SSL     *NO
>  Max incoming e-mail messages . .   *DFT
>  Max outgoing e-mail messages . .   *DFT
>  Keep until . . . . . . . . . . .   *DFT
>  Maximum e-mail message size  . .   *DFT
>  SMTP domain alias  . . . . . . .   *NONE
>
>
> However, when I change the FWDHUBSVR value to 'MAILSVR2' and restart the
> smtp server, the email is still routed to MAILSVR1. Both MAILSVR1 and
> MAILSVR2 are defined in CFGTCP option 10, Host Table Entries, and are
> pingable.
>
> What else should I look at?
>
> Thanks
> TomH