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Started by pat
Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:22
"error in device name" message on MX 3.1
Author: pat
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:22
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:22
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I've long been running MX 2.0 on a Vaxcluster, all seven of whose nodes are currently running VMS 5.5 and CMU-TEK version 6.6-5. I haven't upgraded MX for two reasons: 1) "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and 2) A couple of previous attempts to upgrade to 3.1 have been unsuccessful. However, a recent lack of success on my users' part in sending messages to the CERN particle accelerator site in Europe (addresses ending in .CH, e.g., joe@foo.bar.ch; the messages simply vanish and no bounced mail messages are received) is forcing me to confront this upgrade (to 3.1; unless somebody advises me otherwise, I'll get 3.1 working first and then worry about 3.1C or whatever is the current revision) and conquer it by any means necessary, in hopes that the newer version will have less trouble sending to CERN. Here's my problem: I've customized the 3.1 installation for our site (the ROUTER, LOCAL, and MLF processes all run on 3 of the 7 nodes; SMTP runs on these 3 plus one other node; and SMTP_SERVER runs on all 7 nodes). As best I can tell, I've modified it so it should be configured just as it has been to successfully run MX 2.0. I start up MX and all the appropriate processes start up, and will run until I stop them myself. However, as soon as I try to send an outgoing message, I receive the following error: MAIL> send To: mx%"user@site.edu" ! dummy user and site, of course %RMS-F-DEV, error in device name or inappropriate device type for operation I've checked all of the appropriate logicals I'm aware of (SHOW LOGICAL *MX* and SHOW LOGICAL *NETLIB*), and as best I can tell they're all defined properly; i.e., all logicals defined to point to directories or files do so successfully and MX_INET_HOST, MX_NODE_NAME, MX_SMTP_DEFAULT_ROUTER and MX_VMSMAIL_LOCALHOST all point to the correct machines. Does anybody have any idea what could be wrong here? Apologies if this is a beginner's question; I've recently taken over MX duties from the guru who set up 2.0 on this site and am still on the learning curve. Also, please let me know if I can supply additional useful information. Many thanks in advance. - Patrick Walsh University of Virginia Department of Physics pw@virginia.bitnet, pw@virginia.edu, pat@gomez.phys.virginia.edu
Re: "error in device name" message on MX 3.1
Author: Carl J Lydick
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:04
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:04
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In article <00965cfc.5c2d8740.2806@gomez.phys.virginia.edu>, pat@che.phys.Virginia.EDU writes: >MAIL> send >To: mx%"user@site.edu" ! dummy user and site, of course >%RMS-F-DEV, error in device name or inappropriate device type for operation > >I've checked all of the appropriate logicals I'm aware of (SHOW LOGICAL *MX* >and SHOW LOGICAL *NETLIB*), and as best I can tell they're all defined >properly; i.e., all logicals defined to point to directories or files do so >successfully and MX_INET_HOST, MX_NODE_NAME, MX_SMTP_DEFAULT_ROUTER and >MX_VMSMAIL_LOCALHOST all point to the correct machines. Does anybody have >any idea what could be wrong here? Apologies if this is a beginner's question; >I've recently taken over MX duties from the guru who set up 2.0 on this site >and am still on the learning curve. Also, please let me know if I can supply >additional useful information. Many thanks in advance. Here are the MX-related files my process has open after answering the "To: " prompt with an MX address, after I get the "Cc: " prompt: DUD0:[MX.EXE]MX_MAILSHR.EXE DUD0:[MX.EXE]FLQ_SHR.EXE DUD0:[MX.EXE]MX_SHR.EXE DUD0:[MX.EXE]MX_MAILSHRP.EXE DUD0:[MX.QUEUE]SYSTEM_QUEUE.FLQ_CTL DUD0:[MX.QUEUE]6796.SRC_INFO DUD0:[MX.QUEUE]6796.HDR_INFO DUD0:[MX.QUEUE]6796.MSG_TEXT DUD0:[MX.EXE]MX_MSG.EXE These involve the logical names: MX_MAILSHR MX_EXE MX_MAILSHRP FLQ_DIR and any further logical names involved in translating them. I'd check the definitions of those logical names, if I were you. Good luck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
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