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From: gadsden@MUSC.BITNET
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: RE: Need Help Setting Up MLF
Date: 28 Aug 92 13:57:45 GMT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

>We are running MX 3.1C on a standalone VAX with JNET and TGV Multinet; we've
>been using MX's routing features quite happily for over a year, but now we're
>trying to set up a mailing list for the first time.  I must be doing something
>incredibly dumb, because I just can't get things to work....

Many thanks to Earle Ake (ake@DAYVC.Dayton.SAIC.COM), who suggested shutting
down and restarting the router process.  Apparently a bug in 3.1C prevents
the router from re-reading the config file when a RESET is issued to it. Once
I had shut down and restarted MX, the list started working.  Thanks, Earle!
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Richard Gadsden                        Internet: gadsden@musc.edu
Academic Systems Manager                 BITNET: GADSDEN@MUSC
Medical University of South Carolina      Voice: 803/792-8307
Charleston, SC, USA                         Fax: 803/792-8319
From: "Brian Tillman, Smiths Industries, VAX Support, x8425"
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: RE: UCX SMTP vs MX
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 09:24:23 EDT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

I haven't received my copy of UCX V2.0 yet.  When I do, I'll look over the SMTP
facility.  However, I suspect we'll continue to run MX even with a native SMTP.
It won't be any more work maintaining two products than it is right now, since
everyone using MX with UCX maintains two products already.

-----------------------------+--------------------------------
 Brian Tillman               | Internet: tillman@swdev.si.com
 Smiths Industries, Inc.     |
 4141 Eastern Ave., MS129    | Hey, I said this stuff myself.
 Grand Rapids, MI 49518-8727 | My company has no part in it.
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From: SYSTEM@CNUCE.CNR.IT
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: Re: Question about MX's capabilities
Date: 26 Aug 92 07:24:28 GMT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

I don't know MX capabilities, but I think that SMTP doesn't permit
to open connection to get mail from a remote site. I'm not sure.
Is a protocol limitation?

I have solved similar problems, very well, by Phonenet over X.25 (Phonent is
a PMDF Transport mechanism). With this solution you will have also useful
accounting information about messages transfer.


                            Francesco Gennai

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CNUCE - ISTITUTO DEL CNR                  Tel: +39 (50) 593274
Via S. Maria, 36                          Telex: 500371 CNUCE I
56126 PISA   ITALY                        FAX: +39 (50) 589354
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Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
From: meadows@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
Subject: Mailing List HELP
Reply-To: meadows@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
Organization: U. of Iowa - Weeg Computing Center
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:58:24 GMT

    OK, I've been using MX for over a year now & love it. Now I've just
had an opportunity to start using the Mailing List stuff & I'm having some
small problems. Here's info about the list from MCP:

  Name: HTM-List
  Owner: "meadows@CSLVAX.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU"
  Reply-to: List, Sender
  Archive: $2$DKA200:[MX.MX031.ML_ARCHIVES]
  Add message: MX_MLIST_DIR:HTM-LIST_ADD_MESSAGE.TXT
  Remove message: MX_MLIST_DIR:HTM-LIST_REMOVE_MESSAGE.TXT
  Forwarded-to-owner message: MX_MLIST_DIR:HTM-LIST_FORWARD_MESSAGE.TXT
  Description: Test Mailing List on CSLVAX
  Errors-to: meadows@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
  Protection: (SYSTEM:RWED,OWNER:RWED,GROUP:RWD,WORLD)

The list gets set up fine & I (as the owner) can ADD, REMOVE, REVIEW, etc.
just fine to HTM-List-Request. When a user sends a message to HTM-List-Request,
to SUBSCRIBE, it sends a mesage to me telling me he wants to subscribe (good).
After I ADD them, they indeed can see messages posted to the Mailing List.
 
   The problem is they never get any add message. When they send a request for
HELP, they never get the HELP file, when they ask for REVIEW, they never get
a list of members, when they are REMOVED, they never get the remove message,
and they never get the forward message either. In each case, the log file 
makes it look like all is OK, but the user never sees anything. An example
is this log file from an instance where the user sent a HELP request to
HTM-List-Request:

31-AUG-1992 11:49:20.83 Processing queue entry number 1914
31-AUG-1992 11:49:21.46   Checking local name: HTM-List-Request
31-AUG-1992 11:49:21.46     This is a list control address.
31-AUG-1992 11:49:21.59   LIST_CTRL_REQ:  Message is from: vwcnon@vaxa.weeg.uiow
a.edu
31-AUG-1992 11:49:21.82   LIST_CTRL_REQ: command is: HELP
31-AUG-1992 11:49:21.99   MLIST_SEND_HELP:  Sending reply to: Weeg Test Account
<vwcnon@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu>
31-AUG-1992 11:49:23.84   MLIST_SEND_HELP:  Sent.
31-AUG-1992 11:49:23.93   All done with this entry.

    I've check file locations and protections, and restarted all the MX 
processes, but nothing seems to help. - What do I need to do???

                    Thanks, 
                             Howard


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* Howard Meadows       Sr. Systems Programmer     Weeg Computing Center   *
* University Of Iowa   Iowa City, Iowa  52242     Phone: 319-335-5519     *
* meadows@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu        or         meadowva@uiamvs.bitnet  *
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From: gadsden@MUSC.BITNET
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: Need Help Setting Up MLF
Date: 28 Aug 92 01:35:49 GMT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

We are running MX 3.1C on a standalone VAX with JNET and TGV Multinet; we've
been using MX's routing features quite happily for over a year, but now we're
trying to set up a mailing list for the first time.  I must be doing something
incredibly dumb, because I just can't get things to work.  Here are the
commands I've used to set up a test list:

DEFINE LIST "MYTEST" -
  /OWNER=("gadsden@lp.musc.edu")-
  /NOMODERATOR-
  /REPLY_TO=(LIST,SENDER)-
  /ARCHIVE=USER2:[GADSDEN.MXTESTL] -
  /NOADD_MESSAGE -
  /NOREMOVE_MESSAGE -
  /NOFORWARD_MESSAGE -
  /DESCRIPTION="Test List" -
  /ERRORS_TO="gadsden@lp.musc.edu" -
  /PROTECTION=(SYSTEM:RWED,OWNER:RWED,GROUP:RWED,WORLD:WE)

Once the MYTEST list is defined, a test user has no problem using mail to
MX's LISTSERV address to subscribe, review, signoff, etc.

However, any mail sent to the MYTEST-REQUEST address bounces (MX tries
to deliver it through the LOCAL interface rather than passing it to MLF).
Likewise, any mail the test user sends to the MYTEST address bounces.
It doesn't seem to matter if the test user's mail to MYTEST-REQUEST or MYTEST
originates in VMS Mail on the VAX, or arrives via smtp. It gets bounced
either way.

What in the world am I doing wrong?!?
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Richard Gadsden                        Internet: gadsden@musc.edu
Academic Systems Manager                 BITNET: GADSDEN@MUSC
Medical University of South Carolina      Voice: 803/792-8307
Charleston, SC, USA                         Fax: 803/792-8319
From: "Joe Desbonnet, UCG Ireland." <PHYDESBONNET@bodkin.ucg.ie>
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: Question about MX's capabilities
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:14 GMT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

Can someone tell me if MX would be useful to me in this situation:

I am looking for an alternative to PMDF for email. My local VAX must initiate
all connections to the remote VAX which is the mail gateway. The connection is
a via a commercial X25 network and the people at the remote node do not want
to clock up any network costs delivering mail to me. The remote VAX is runing
a recent version of PMDF. I know both PMDF and MX support SMTP over X25 so I
guess it should be possible for both packages to communicate with each
other without any problems (?) but can MX be configured so that all email
transactions occur without the remote computer initiating connections?

Thanks,

Joe.
From: madison@tgv.com (Matt Madison)
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: Re: Reply/From conversion?
Date: 29 Aug 92 00:49:22 GMT
Reply-To: madison@tgv.com
Organization: TGV, Incorporated

In article <1992Aug28.141010.1@aloha.pas.ti.com>, cooper@aloha.pas.ti.com writes:
>Here's the problem  (Judging from the rest of the posts, this is not new):
>When I send mail out, the recipient get the famous From: line:
>
>From: <"aloha::cooper"@lanai.pas.ti.com>
>
>Now, we have looked at the two contribution sources for NAME_CONVERSION,
>and DOMAIN_EXPANSION.  (BLISS is not our forte.)  But, it looks we would
>have to have a name_conversion and a domain expansion to modify the
>username, and the local host name.
>
>What we would like to have is the above From: address to be converted to 
>
>From: <cooper@aloha.pas.ti.com>
>
>Does anybody have the same situation, and have written a name_conversion/
>domain_expansion routine(s) to do the above?

If you have MX V3.1C (the absolutely latest version), you should find that
the name_conversion interface has been updated to allow this kind of rewrite
to occur.  The example source was updated to reflect the change (basically,
you add a routine called FULL_CONVERT to your name_conversion module); I'm
not sure if Earle Ake's contributed name_conversion code (which is in C,
incidentally) got updated in time for the release.  I believe I also updated
the programmer's reference manual.

-Matt
--
Matthew Madison | madison@tgv.com    | +1 408 427 4366
TGV, Inc.       | 603 Mission Street | Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA
From: hornlo@okra.millsaps.edu (Larry Horn)
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: MX implementation of mailing lists
Date: 25 Aug 92 17:27:45 GMT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

I've set up a few local mailing lists.  Using the /REPLY_TO
qualifier with a single item (SENDER or LIST) works fine.  If I issue
a VAXmail REPLY command, the right thing gets stuffed into the
VAXmail "To: " line, then I'm prompted for CC:, Subject: is filled
in, etc.

If /REPLY_TO=(LIST,SENDER), only the list name goes onto the "To:"
line.  The "Reply-To:" header within the body of the message is
OK, but of course VAXmail pays no attention to it.

I know that by the time I REPLY within VAXmail, MX has no control
over what happens, but would it be possible for MX to stuff BOTH
addresses into the VAXmail "From:" header, or would that break
something?

In other words, I'd like to see, when I read a message from a list
with (LIST,SENDER),

        From: MX%"list@here",MX%"sender@here"
        To:   me
        Subj: xxxx
        body

so than when I REPLY

        To: MX%"list@here",MX%"sender@here"
        CC: <prompted>
        Subj: RE: xxxx
        ...

Sorry if this is too off the wall....

---------------------------------------- composed: 25-AUG-1992 12:26 C*T -----
Larry Olin Horn / Systems Manager / Voice: (601) 974-1142, Fax: (601) 974-1168
Millsaps College / Computer Services / 1701 N State St / Jackson, MS 39202 USA
Internet: hornlo@okra.millsaps.edu (VMS) / hornlo@uw1301.millsaps.edu (Ultrix)
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From: spinillo@MARYWOOD1.MARYWOOD.EDU
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: SUBSCRIBE
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 08:14:38 EDT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

PLEASE ADD ME THE THE MX LIST


THANK YOU
From: Alan Simon <simon@shrsys.hslc.org>
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: Problem with Receiving Mail
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 15:21:49 EDT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

I am having problems receiving mail on my system.  I am running MX3.1B,
Multinet 3.0, and VMS 5.4-2.  My domain is HSLC.ORG.  The primary name server
is called SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG.  There is a secondary name server called
SYSMGR.HSLC.ORG.  Currently, users can receive mail at USER@SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG.
In an attempt to shorten the address to USER@HSLC.ORG, I added the following MX
record to both name servers:

HSLC.ORG.       IN      MX      10      SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG.

I then added the following path in MCP (yes, before the Domain="*", Path=SMTP):

Domain="hslc.org", Path=Local

Some internet sites are now able to send to USER@HSLC.ORG, while others get
messages such as ILLEGAL HOST/DOMAIN NAME FOUND, although sending to
USER@SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG still works just fine.  Some sites can send to
USER@HSLC.ORG one day and not the next. This has been a problem for several
weeks now, long enough to update name server caches.

Can anyone tell me what I missed?

Thanks for the help.

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Alan Simon                                      simon@shrsys.hslc.org
Associate Director                              VOICE: (215) 222-1532
Health Sciences Libraries Consortium              FAX: (215) 222-0416
3600 Market Street, Suite 550
Philadelphia, PA  19104
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From: ebates@vms1.cc.uop.edu (Ed Bates)
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: RE: Protocol errors
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:12:14 GMT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

On Wed, 02 Sep 1992 13:26:29 CDT hunterl@uwwvax.uww.edu writes:
>I am seeing many messages waiting in the queue due to a protocol
>error.  They are to IBM mainframes and after many re-tries leave the
>queue.  Is anyone else seeing these?  Does anyone have a clue as to
>way it is happening?  We use CMU 6.6-2 on a VAX 4000.

I have seen protocol errors.  They appeared after I messed with the
configuration files.  They disappeared after I reinstalled MX to
repair my "fixes".

You might check the validity of the destination address as MX is
trying to send it.

-- Ed

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 Technical Support Specialist   Internet:  ebates@uop.edu       | | / \ | \
 Office of Computing Services   AppleLink: U1441                | | | | |_/
 University of the Pacific      Telephone: (209) 946-2251       | | | | |
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%MAIL-W-NOFNCYQTE, no fancy quote or joke found in signature file
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Subject: Re: X25 problem solved
Reply-To: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Organization: U of Cambridge, England
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:56:41 GMT


In article <0095FA00.AE4FD820.8801@WKUVX1.BITNET>,
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET (Hunter Goatley) writes:
|> Ralph Kloess got back to me a minute ago and said they fixed their
|> X.25 problem.  Basically, the X.25 server was incorrectly configured,
|> and their path should have use the logical name of the system as
|> defined in the PSI logical name table.
|> 
|> He's going to write up additional (better?) instructions for
|> configuring X.25 and I'll incorporate those in the next MX, whenever
|> that'll be.

If there's going to be significant delay, why not post it to the list?
The existing instructions were so terse that I gave up (not actually
_requiring_ the facility...).
--
Robin (dump Brian Kay) Fairbairns, using the facilities of the U of
Cambridge Computer Lab, for which permission is gratefully acknowledged.
[Well - I'm about to sign off with the Dept of Unemployment... :-)]
From: Hunter Goatley <goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET>
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: X25 problem solved
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 13:13:56 EDT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

Ralph Kloess got back to me a minute ago and said they fixed their
X.25 problem.  Basically, the X.25 server was incorrectly configured,
and their path should have use the logical name of the system as
defined in the PSI logical name table.

He's going to write up additional (better?) instructions for
configuring X.25 and I'll incorporate those in the next MX, whenever
that'll be.

Hunter
------
Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
From: meadows@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
Subject: Mailing List Problems
Reply-To: meadows@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
Organization: U. of Iowa - Weeg Computing Center
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:54:03 GMT

    I posted yesterday regarding a mailing list I set up successfully, but
have been unable to get things like HELP file to be sent to subscribers. I
have turned on debug for MLF, ROUTER, and SMTP. The MLF logs look good, but
the ROUTER and SMTP logs both complain about Postmaster@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
being an "invalid address"!? - I have an alias set up in MCP for Postmaster,
but it still complains & will not send out HELP files (or REVIEWs).

    Here are the logs from ROUTER and SMTP:

======================= MX_ROUTER_LOG.LOG =================================
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:07.07 %PROCESS, Processing entry number 2063
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:08.49 %PROCESS, Status from READ_INFO was 00000001
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:08.49 %PROCESS, Recipient #0: Postmaster@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:08.50 %PROCESS, Invalid address: Postmaster@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.
edu
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:08.50 %PROCESS, Beginning ERRORQ processing.
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:08.50 %PROCESS, RETURN_MESSAGE status was 00000001
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:08.50 %PROCESS, Marking this entry as finished.

======================= MX_SMTP_LOG.LOG ====================================
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:02.26 Processing queue entry number 2062 on node CSLVAX
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:03.41   Recipient: <vwcnon@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu>, route=vaxa.we
eg.uiowa.edu
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:03.41   SMTP_SEND: looking up host name vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:03.59   SMTP_SEND: Attempting to start session with vaxa.weeg.
uiowa.edu. [128.255.58.2]
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:03.60   SMTP_SEND: Connected
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:03.75   SMTP_SEND: Rcvd: 220 vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu MX V3.1C SMTP
 server ready at Tue, 01 Sep 1992 12:45:04 CST
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:03.91   SMTP_SEND: Sent: HELO cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:04.08   SMTP_SEND: Rcvd: 250 Hello, cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:04.08   SMTP_SEND: Sent: MAIL FROM:Postmaster@cslvax.weeg.uiow
a.edu
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:04.09   SMTP_SEND: Rcvd: 501 Invalid address: Postmaster@cslva
x.weeg.uiowa.edu
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:04.22   SMTP send failed, sts=0C27804A, sts2=0C26806C
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:04.22   Recipient status=0C26806C for <vwcnon@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.
edu>
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:06.54   Entry now completely processed, no retries needed.
 1-SEP-1992 12:45:06.72 *** End of processing pass ***


    If you can give me any clues as to what I must do, please reply directly
by e-mail to meadows@cslvax.weeg.uiowa.edu.

                  Thanks,
                          Howard


***************************************************************************
* Howard Meadows       Sr. Systems Programmer     Weeg Computing Center   *
* University Of Iowa   Iowa City, Iowa  52242     Phone: 319-335-5519     *
*                  email: howard-meadows@uiowa.edu                        *
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From: "John F. Sandhoff" <syssand@CCVAX.CCS.CSUS.EDU>
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: RE: Problem with Receiving Mail
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 15:42:52 PDT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List


> I am having problems receiving mail on my system...
> In an attempt to shorten the address to USER@HSLC.ORG, I added the following
> MX record to both name servers:
>
> HSLC.ORG.       IN      MX      10      SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG.
>
> Some internet sites are now able to send to USER@HSLC.ORG, while others get
> messages such as ILLEGAL HOST/DOMAIN NAME FOUND, although sending to
> USER@SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG still works just fine.

Though I'm not familiar with the specifics, as I understand it some
mailers demand that a destination address have an 'A' record available.
They don't use it if there's also an MX record, but they still demand
an 'A' record. Yeah, seems silly to me too... I've read explanations
as to why the necessity of an 'A' record is "correct" but don't remember
offhand.

Anyways, that *may* be why other mailers are choking. They want to see
an 'A' record for HSLC.ORG.

    John F. Sandhoff, University Network Support
      California State University, Sacramento - USA
        sandhoff@csus.edu
From: Hunter Goatley <goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET>
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: Re: X25 problem solved
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 13:04:21 EDT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

<rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>
>goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET (Hunter Goatley) writes:
>|> Ralph Kloess got back to me a minute ago and said they fixed their
[...]
>|> He's going to write up additional (better?) instructions for
>|> configuring X.25 and I'll incorporate those in the next MX, whenever
>|> that'll be.
>
>If there's going to be significant delay, why not post it to the list?
>The existing instructions were so terse that I gave up (not actually
>_requiring_ the facility...).

I'll post it as soon as I get them from Ralph.  He's going to have
to find somebody else to mail them to me, as he can't send mail to
Internet or BITNET addresses.  I'll keep you posted---so to speak.

>Robin (dump Brian Kay) Fairbairns, using the facilities of the U of
>Cambridge Computer Lab, for which permission is gratefully acknowledged.
>[Well - I'm about to sign off with the Dept of Unemployment... :-)]

Great!  Congratulations!

Hunter
------
Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: Re: X.25 problem in Germany....
From: andrew@matai.vuw.ac.nz (Andrew Greer)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:37:58 GMT
Organization: Victoria University of Wellington,  NZ

In article <0095F9EC.E4F75420.8755@WKUVX1.BITNET>, Hunter Goatley <goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET> writes:

[Stuff deleted]

> 
> Relevant stuff from MX_XSMTP_LOG.LOG:
> 
>         Processing queue entry number 2657 on node GLORY
>           Recipient: <kloess@frankfurt.incas.cnca>, route=GLORY
>           SMTP_SEND: destination host name is GLORY
>           SMTP_SEND: connecting to GLORY
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    I think the problem is here. If it working correctly then it should
actually give the PSI number when is says "connecting to ...". Is GLORY defined
in the PSI$DTE_TABLE?

>           SMTP_SEND: IO$_ACCESS failed 0144, 0000
>           SMTP send failed, sts=00000144, sts2=00000000
>           Recipient status=00000144 for <kloess@frankfurt.incas.cnca>
>           Entry now completely processed, no retries needed.
> 
> A mail message is returned stating: SYSTEM-F-IVDEVNAM, invalid device name
-- 

Andrew Greer, 
VAX/VMS Systems Programmer
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From: hunterl@uwwvax.uww.edu
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
Subject: Protocol errors
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 13:26:29 CDT
Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

I am seeing many messages waiting in the queue due to a protocol
error.  They are to IBM mainframes and after many re-tries leave the
queue.  Is anyone else seeing these?  Does anyone have a clue as to
way it is happening?  We use CMU 6.6-2 on a VAX 4000.


Lyle Hunter
Computer Center
University Wisconsin-Whitewater
hunterl@uwwvax.uww.edu
Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx