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The Question is: Dear Wizard, Perhaps this is not the proper venue to ask this question, but I have no one else to turn to and my problem is very frustrating. (It's getting hard to locate good VMS people and I'm relatively new on the Digital scene.) I am currently managing a MicroVax II system running VMS 5.4. It is used primarily to run old but important FORTRAN research programs, but also has an internet connection for DECNET purposes and user email. Occasionally, we receive an email message which gets stuck in the MX and SMTP queues and which will go around and around and never get delivered to the intended recipient. This process uses cpu time like mad and eventually I must stop all mail processes and delete the offending *.MSG* mail message to get the system back on it's feet. I do not know exactly what it is about these particular mail messages that causes the system to effectively hang, but it seems to be connected with form-letter type of mailings. As more and more people use the internet, my woes are increasing exponentially! Is there a easy fix or patch which would solve my problems and allow this mail to get delivered? I don't think the company would spring for the cash required to upgrade this legacy system to a new version of VMS--it's cheaper for them to have me come in on my own time and restart the system! Thanks, Larry Webster bigmon@earthlink.net The Answer is : With no information on the specific IP package in use and no details of the specific errors, it is not possible to indicate what the problem might be -- there have been many changes and updates made over the years since V5.4 was current. Your system is older than the oldest supported OpenVMS VAX version: V5.5-2 is the oldest OpenVMS VAX release currently supported and is also the oldest release with a Y2K readiness kit available. OpenVMS VAX V7.2 is the current OpenVMS VAX release, and it is Y2K ready. TCP/IP Services V5.0 is the current IP release for OpenVMS, though only a release in the V4.* vintage will be supported (with a Prior Version Support addendum) on a release as old as V5.5-2. There are ECO kits for various older TCP/IP Services releases available at the website. If this is not TCP/IP Services (formerly known as UCX), you will want to contact the vendor of the particular IP package in use. Short of writing a DCL procedure to detect these run-away mail jobs, applying available ECOs, or upgrading to more recent product releases, the OpenVMS Wizard does not have any particular suggestions that will assist you.
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