Re: SMTP on AS400

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Seán

I suggest looking into Brad Stone's email tools - www.bvstools.com. I 
understand that this is not a direct answer to your question. However, 
using it eliminated email issues at a previous employer. They are very 
reliable and not overly costly.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

IBM Champion 2025 <cid:part1.89WtTCjm.0pJZtI0i@centurylink.net> CAAC 
(COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023


On 10/16/2025 8:38 AM, scourtney@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Maybe somebody has done this before ..
>
> The company I work for will be shutting down their Exchange Server soon so I need to relay
> Emails from the as400 to an external server using USER and PASSWORT for authentication.
>
> I used
> ADDSMTPLE TYPE(*HOSTAUTH)
> HOST(mail.example.com)
> USRID(your_username)
> PASSWORD(your_password)
> to add the required details and restarted my SMTP server.
>
> When I send a test email with SNDSMTPEMM I get a positive response that the email was successfully sent but sadly no email ever arrives at its destination..
>
> Any ideas on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.  Or is it even possible ??
>
>
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards / Bien à vous,
>
>
>
> Seán