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robert70
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MAIL & MIME Utility not working

When I run either MAIL or MIME at the $ prompt I get this......

 

Eddy02$ mail
%LIB-F-SIGNO_ARG, signal with no arguments
Eddy02$

 

I am running OpenVMS 8.4 on rx2800 integrity server i2

TCPIP V5.7 ECO4

 

Thanks 

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John Gillings
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Re: MAIL & MIME Utility not working

Robert,

   The first thing I'd check is symbols and logical names

 

$ SHOW SYMBOL MAIL*

$ SHOW LOGICAL MAIL*

 

if that doesn't point to the problem, check the images in SYS$SYSTEM

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robert70
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Re: MAIL & MIME Utility not working

thanks

 

I have a working system - our PRODUCTION kit - identical in terms of hardware

 

its MAIL & MIME utilities are working well.

 

Logicals on both machines.........

 

(LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)

  "MAIL$PROTOCOL_SMTP" = "TCPIP$SMTP_MAILSHR"
  "MAIL$SYSTEM_FLAGS" = "16"
  "MAILSHR_AV" = "MAILSHR"

 

executbale images on both machines identical

 

Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]

DECW$MAIL.EXE;1           31/32        8-APR-2010 01:44:33.83
MAIL.EXE;1               643/656      30-MAR-2010 19:48:37.15
MAIL_SERVER.EXE;1         89/96       30-MAR-2010 19:48:33.80

 

 

 

Steven Schweda
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Re: MAIL & MIME Utility not working

> $ SHOW SYMBOL MAIL*

> $ SHOW LOGICAL MAIL*

 

> Logicals on both machines.........

> [...]

 

   That's half of what was requested.  Also:

 

      SHOW SYMBOL MIME*

 

or, in desperation:

 

      SHOW SYMBOL M*

 

   I might try something like:

 

      mcr mail

 

   Note that MAIL and MIME have very little in common (other than
beginning with "M"), so I'd guess that any problem which affects both is
more likely to be some misconfiguration than a fundamental problem with
both programs.

 

   How many users experience this behavior?

robert70
Valued Contributor

Re: MAIL & MIME Utility not working

thanks steve

 

Eddy02$ SHOW SYMBOL MIME*
%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
Eddy02$
Eddy02$ show log mime*

(LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)

(LNM$JOB_8976B4C0)

(SERVER_1014284009)

(LNM$GROUP_000001)

(LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)

(LNM$SYSCLUSTER_TABLE)

(DECW$LOGICAL_NAMES)
%SHOW-S-NOTRAN, no translation for logical name MIME*

 

 

Eddy02$ mcr mail
%LIB-F-SIGNO_ARG, signal with no arguments

 

 

All users have the same problem

 

thanks

 

Hoff
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Re: MAIL & MIME Utility not working

Please enter the proper and expected command MAIL to activate MAIL.   

 

Please post the output of SHOW SYMBOL MCR and SHOW LOGICAL MCR to see if that's going somewhere unexpected.

 

Also please post the output of the SHOW LOGICAL DCL$PATH command, to see where image activation is going, if not to the standard places.

 

Also please post the output of the command:

 

DIRECTORY /FILE SYS$SYSDEVICE:[000000]VMS$COMMON.DIR,SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYS*]SYSCOMMON.DIR

 

FWIW: The MCR Monitor Console Routine attempts to activate the compatibility mode command interface and the image activation path that was last used with RSX-11M.   If RSX-11M is not installed, MCR does work in cases beyond RSX-11M compatibility mode, it's deliberately under-documented and is usually best avoided.

 

FWIW: when you're troubleshooting odd behaviors, it's best to follow the VMS documentation directly.    I'd be surprised if there's an "MCR MAIL" anywhere in the VMS manuals, but anything's possible.

 

 

robert70
Valued Contributor

Re: MAIL & MIME Utility not working

Thanks very much Hoff,

Here is the output..............

 

 

Eddy02$ MAIL
%LIB-F-SIGNO_ARG, signal with no arguments

 

Eddy02$ SHOW LOGICAL MCR
%SHOW-S-NOTRAN, no translation for logical name MCR
Eddy02$ SHOW SYMBOL MCR
%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
Eddy02$ SHOW LOGICAL DCL$PATH
%SHOW-S-NOTRAN, no translation for logical name DCL$PATH

 

 

Eddy02$ DIRECTORY /FILE SYS$SYSDEVICE:[000000]VMS$COMMON.DIR,SYS$SYSDEVICE:[sys*
]syscommond.dir

Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[000000]

VMS$COMMON.DIR;1     (13,1,0)                      4/16       14-MAR-2012 11:53:
55.33

 

robert70
Valued Contributor

Re: MAIL & MIME Utility not working

sorry last bit above should be .............................

 

 

Eddy02$ DIRECTORY /FILE SYS$SYSDEVICE:[000000]VMS$COMMON.DIR,SYS$SYSDEVICE:[sys*
]syscommon.dir

Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[000000]

VMS$COMMON.DIR;1     (13,1,0)                      4/16       14-MAR-2012 11:53:
55.33

Total of 1 file, 4/16 blocks.

Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYS0]

SYSCOMMON.DIR;1      (13,1,0)                      4/16       14-MAR-2012 11:53:
55.33

Total of 1 file, 4/16 blocks.

Volker Halle
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Re: MAIL & MIME Utility not working

You could also try:

 

$ SET PROC/PRIV=CMK

$ SET WATCH FILE/CLASS=MAJ    ! enables XQP logging

$ MAIL

...

 

$ SET WATCH FILE/CLASS=NOMAJOR   ! to disable XQP logging

 

Then compare the output with a working system.

 

Volker.

robert70
Valued Contributor

Re: MAIL & MIME Utility not working

Many Thanks Volker....

Im getting this on a working BOX

 

Dave$ SET PROC/PRIV=CMK
Dave$ SET WATCH FILE/CLASS=MAJ
Dave$ MAIL
%XQP, Thread #0, Access  (0,0,0) Status: 00000910
%XQP, Thread #0, Access SYSUAF.DAT;1 (20,1,0) Status: 00000001
%XQP, Thread #0, Lookup  (0,0,0) Status: 00000910
%XQP, Thread #0, Lookup  (13437,3,0) Status: 00000001
%XQP, Thread #0, Access  (0,0,0) Status: 00000910
%XQP, Thread #0, Access VMSMAIL_PROFILE.DATA;1 (13437,3,0) Status: 00000001

%XQP, Thread #0, Lookup  (3969,1,0) Status: 00000001
%XQP, Thread #0, Access TPUSHR.EXE;1 (3969,1,0) Status: 00000001
%XQP, Thread #0, Control function  (3969,1,0) Status: 00000001
%XQP, Thread #0, Deaccess (3969,1,0) Reads: 4, Writes: 0, Status: 00000001

MAIL>

 

 

 

and this on a non-working bOX

 

Eddy02$  SET PROC/PRIV=CMK
Eddy02$
Eddy02$ SET WATCH FILE/CLASS=MAJ
Eddy02$ MAIL
%XQP, Thread #0, Access  (0,0,0) Status: 00000910
%XQP, Thread #0, Access SYSUAF.DAT;1 (25171,1,0) Status: 00000001
%XQP, Thread #0, Lookup  (0,0,0) Status: 00000910
%XQP, Thread #0, Lookup  (25382,1,0) Status: 00000001
%XQP, Thread #0, Access  (0,0,0) Status: 00000910
%XQP, Thread #0, Access VMSMAIL_PROFILE.DATA;1 (25382,1,0) Status: 00000001
%XQP, Thread #0, Final status: 00000870
%XQP, Thread #0, Deaccess (25382,1,0) Reads: 1, Writes: 0, Status: 00000001
%LIB-F-SIGNO_ARG, signal with no arguments
%XQP, Thread #0, Deaccess (25171,1,0) Reads: 2, Writes: 0, Status: 00000001