What's new for V7R2

Read about new or significantly changed information for the E-mail topic collection in V7R2.

Support the SMTP server running in three different modes, *SMTP *SMTPMSF and *SDD

*SMTP is a new SMTP server mode introduced in IBM i 7.2, does not depend on MSF and SNADS to deliver and store emails. It removes some SDD related function, uses IFS as the local directory to save mails, and uses CL commands Add User SMTP (ADDUSRSMTP) and Work with All SMTP Users (WRKSMTPUSR) to create and maintain mail users.

*SDD is the same as V7R1 SMTP, this mode is used when doing upgrade installation.

*SMTPMSF is the same as *SMTP plus it supports the existing MSF exit point program.

Notice: DIRTYPE(*SMTP) is a newly designed mail system, it is the default mail system after scratch installation. You have to change back to DIRTYPE(*SDD) manually if you want to use the same mail system as IBM i V7R1.

Support to bind to specific interfaces for POP3 interoperability with Lotus Domino.

The following SMTP features are supported under *SMTP and *SMTPMSF

  • Support RFC 2554 extensions except CRAM-MD5 and DIGEST-MD5.
  • Support RFC 2487 extension to enable SSL on port 25, 587 or 465.
  • Support mail SIZING RFC 1870 extension.
  • The new CL command Work with SMTP E-mail Messages (WRKSMTPEMM) enables tracking of all email currently being processed, and it eliminates the need to use the MSF journal to track undeliverable mail problems.
  • The new CL command WRKUSRSMTP can be used to manage mail users and removes mailbox contention when there are two mailbox names that begin with the same 8 characters.