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- Date: 12 AUG 92 23:34:52 GMT
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- X-RFC822-From: adelman (Kenneth Adelman) @ TGV.COM
- From: adelman@TGV.COM
- Subject: Re: SMTP from other cluster members
- Organization: The INFO-MULTINET Community
- Message-ID: <2380E13312AUG92233452@TGV.COM>
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- > We have only one node here that runs Multinet. Recently, this node
- > was added to a cluster. Now, since Multinet is only running on this
- > one node, mail that is headed for SMTP, but sent from another node on
- > the cluster does not make it to the node running Multinet. Here is
- > our scenario:
-
- > vax01 - running Multinet
- > vax02 - part of the same cluster as vax01
-
- > While logged into vax02, I need to send mail to a Unix machine; here
- > is what happens:
-
- > : vax02: mail
- > :
- > : MAIL> mail
- > : To: vax01::smtp%"user@unix.machine"
- > : %MAIL-E-ERRACTRNS, error activating transport SMTP
- > : %LIB-E-ACTIMAGE, error activating image DSA101:[SYS2.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]SMTP\
- > : _MAILSHR.EXE;
- > : -RMS-E-FNF, file not found
-
-
- > Because vax01 and vax02 are part of the same cluster, vax02 assumes that
- > it can deliver the mail locally. Since vax02 has no license to run
- > Multinet, it bombs. I could set the MAIL$SYSTEM_FLAGS logical to have
- > mail delivered over DECnet even if the sending and receiving nodes are
- > part of the same cluster. Because this will increase traffic in our
- > already saturated DECnet, we do not view it as an option.
-
- This is the only option. The mail flag indicates whether or not
- your cluster is homogenous; i.e., whether or not the nodes need to go
- over DECnet to reach each other. If you aren't running MultiNet on all
- of the nodes, then your cluster isn't homogenous. There is no way to
- tell VMSmail that your cluster is "somewhat homogenous".
-
- Ken
-