Hi Dave,
>We are trying to spool our own .mail & .mbx files to the \ims\out
>directory. We have created .mail & .mbx files that match the same ones
>generated by CFX_iMSMail, but with different filenames and it's not going
>out. We have researched on how the format of the filenames should be and
>have found conflicting information. We're trying to find out what's going
>on and how we can make this work.
>
>1. In the iMS Manual, on page 126, it says:
>
>"The format of the control file name is:
>
><32 character Unique ID>_<mbx name>.mail"
>
>But in a message in the archives dated Mar. 15 of this year (from Howie),
>an e-mail from the archive states:
>
>"The specification for the control file is in the iMS manual. The file
>specs (for the mail file and control file) are: <<<Mail file>>> Name is a
>20 character string with an extension of .mbx. For example:
>01234567890123456789.mbx The mail file contains the raw email including
>all headers. <<<Control file>>> The control file name is a 41 character
>string with an extension of .mail. The latter part of the control file
>name (after the underscore) refers to the mail file name. For example:
>9876543210987654321_01234567890123456789.mail "
The latter is correct, the .mbx file is "20chars.mbx" and the control file
is "20chars_20chars.mail" where the second 20 chars matches the .mbx file.
The iMS manual is still stating the older format that was used back in
earlier days of iMS, now changed. At least it is in the copy I have here at
home, Version 1.3 of the manual which might not be the latest.
>My mbx filename was 01234567890123456789.mbx and my mail control filename
>was 98765432109876543210_01234567890123456789.mail and it appears to be
>changing the filename somehow.
>
>When I place these files into the out queue, it moves the .mail file to
>the queued directory and leaves the .mbx file in the out directory, and
>places the above message in the logfile...
Did you write the control file twice? IE, write it first with the control
status locked, write the message file, and then rewrite the control file
with status of unlocked? If you don't then funny things can happen as the
POST server is very quick off the mark :-)
We have seen the server not find posts because of what I just said, we have
never seen it get the filename wrong. You might need to stop the process in
the middle and see if you can see what the server is up to. Try to stop the
server after it has transferred the control file over to the queued folder
and then see what it says inside itself, is the file name correct or not?
We use little batch files to lay in the files and then stop the server dead
and then see what is where, etc.
>Here's what we want to do: Create an .mbx filename with a customer number
>in it (if we have to have 20 characters, we'll add some on...our customer
>numbers are RB999999 in format). And then we will have multiple
>(thousands possibly) .mail files for that one .mbx file.
Nice idea, to save disk space/activity, etc, I assume, but the POST server
will delete the message file as soon as it has sent its message :-( What
you need to do is have one control file for each domain that you are
sending to and have as many destinations in there as you need with the one
message file, and duplicate that for every domain you have (and as an aside
limit it to say 100 accounts per popular domain like AOL or Yahoo so that
the system does not bog down, in fact we limit to 20 per send for AOL it is
so bad...)
Umm, one customer number sent to many destinations?
>Let me know what you think and how we can accomplish this
>successfully. We're evaluating the product and have spent HOURS on this
>one thing today already.
Its a good product, we have been using it since day 1 and have no
complaints. You do need to understand how it ticks tho' :-)
--
Yours,
Kym
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