Errors using the Spool CSSMTP driver with a non-IBM 1047 code page - Undeliverable mail/Syntax error

Products

• Spool

Issue/Introduction

When using the CSSMTP interface with Spool but using a code page different from IBM 1047 on the mainframe, errors are detected by the CSSMTP task because the at sign "@" is not correctly translated.

 

Some possible error messages:

Undeliverable mail for xxxxxxx@domain

Syntax error in mailbox 'xxxxxxxx' command

Environment

Spool 14.0 

Resolution

Follow the steps below:

• Add the printer node parameter TRANS= with the corresponding translation table (based on the code page used on the LPAR where the Spool is running)
• Use the @ character wherever you specify an email address to be used with the CSSMTP node, that is, use the complete email address <user>@<domain>
• Activate the alternate ATSIGN parameter in CSSMTP and set it to “ATSIGN  @”. This is an IBM CSSMTP configuration (in opposition to being a Spool configuration).