Re: IBM i as email relay

[Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Did you use the Telnet opion in putty when connecting ?

You can also try connecting on localhost via the IBMi telnet client.  I used to test like that all the time back when SMTP was easier to use 😊

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Richard Schoen
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message: 4
date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 12:59:01 -0400
from: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: IBM i as email relay

A Windows support person (not knowledgeable about IBM i) said this:

<snip>

The only context I can give here is the following.  A Windows relay acts this way and I have to presume that the IBM is similar.



All 3 of these are related but separate.



   - A local server needs to be listening on port 25.  I would agree that
   it seems like this is true based on the netstat.
   - The local server ?allows connection? from everywhere, specific
   networks, and/or specific hosts.
   - The local server ?allows email relay? from everywhere, specific
   networks, and/or specific hosts.



It would seem if you cannot even connect via PuTTY that the second item is not in place.

</snip>


Seem reasonable?  How/where do I check that?


On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 12:49?PM Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> No joy.  Tried uppercase and lowercase.  Pressed ENTER slowly about a 
> dozen times.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 12:43?PM Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L < 
> midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > When you connect to port 25 try typing HELO (sic) and hit enter a 
> > couple of times.