SMTP: -MR Option Ignored When You Use It with -MD (128512)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP 3.0
This article was previously published under Q128512 SYMPTOMS
If you use both the -MD and -MR options when you run the Microsoft Mail
Gateway to SMTP, the -MR option does not work. Messages come into the
gateway; however, the receive log is not updated to reflect the incoming
messages.
CAUSE
The receive log is written when the gateway delivers the message to the
correct mailbag. If you use the -MD option but the mailer portion is not
working, the message is never delivered to the receiver's mailbag and
the log file is never written to.
RESOLUTION
When you run the SMTP gateway, do not use the -MD and -MR command-line
options at the same time.
Use the -MR option on the External Mail program (EXTERNAL.EXE) so that when
the External Mail program delivers messages, it will then record
information to the receive log file.
MORE INFORMATION
The -MR option turns on the receive logging function of the gateway: any
message that comes into the gateway and is passed to the gateway postoffice
will be logged into the receive log file (MAILDATA\LOG\RECV.LOG) on the
gateway postoffice.
The -MD option disables the mailer portion of SMTPPUT.EXE: all incoming
messages will be put into INQUEUE3.MBG and left there for the External Mail
program to process. It is the External Mail program's responsibility to
deliver the mail to the correct mailbag.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/12/1999 |
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| Keywords: | KB128512 |
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