On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:25:06 -0500, John McKown wrote:
>>>
>>>Shouldn't someone fix the SMTP server instead...?
>>>
>>Would sendmail be better? If so, it might be time to
>>replace SMTP, even if only with a spool writer that feeds
>>"sendmail -toi".
>>
>>Does XMITIP have options to use either sendmail or SMTP?
>>
>>-- gil
>
>XMITIP is an MUA/MTA combination. It formats the message like an MUA, then
>transmits like an MTA. XMITIP can transmit to any complaint SMTP server. So,
>it is possible to have sendmail running on your z/OS and configure XMITIP to
>send to 127.0.0.1 (localhost). This would send the mail to sendmail which
>would then relay it out to the appropriate receiving email server.
>
>I don't think that XMITIP can use SMTP. If by SMTP you mean the one which
>reads JES output class B with a destination of SMTP.
>
Destination? or writer?
Oooooh. Which universe are we in? That one, or the one
in which SMTP means RFC 822? Are you saying that XMITIP
connects directly to Port 25 of the target host?
In the Installation Guide at:
http://www.lbdsoftware.com/XMITIP-Install-Guide.pdf
I find no references to sendmail and numerous to SMTP. The
most telling is:
3. Quoting from the z/OS 1.4 Communications Server IP Configuration
Guide: ?Because SMTP needs authority to create, read, write
and purge data on the JES spool, any security programs such as
RACF, protecting JES spool access, must have the SMTP started
task name in their definitions of authorized users?. Thus you
may need to have the local security group issue the appropriate
security commands to allow the SMTP server this access level
to the spool.
But also:
Be aware that this document does not tell you how to install
and configure SMTP on your OS/390 or z/OS system. For that
you will need to see the IBM documentation. If you are not
using the host based SMTP server and still want to use this
package you can by using the provided UDSMTP program
(documented below).
It sounds as if UDSMTP is the direct Port 25 interface (or perhaps
an interface to sendmail?)
-- gil
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