1 INFO-VAX	Sun, 05 Mar 2006	Volume 2006 : Issue 127       Contents:9 Re: FW: Can you change the Ethernet Address of a DE500???  TCPIP configuration  Re: TCPIP configuration  Re: TCPIP configuration  Re: TCPIP configuration  Re: VMS is relatively rare Re: VMS is relatively rare  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:01:25 -0600 ! From: John <norad869@comcast.net> B Subject: Re: FW: Can you change the Ethernet Address of a DE500???* Message-ID: <440A3865.6040109@comcast.net>  I A layered product makes use of the mac address of the ethernet interface   for licensing.  H In the event that we lose the ethernet interface we need the ability to H quickly re-program a DE500 for replacement and subsequently keep our LP  functionality.  . >From: hoff@hp.nospam [mailto:hoff@hp.nospam] % >Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 1:04 PM  >To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com? >Subject: Re: Can you change the Ethernet Address of a DE500???  > F >In article <06030309531710@dscis6-0.dalsemi.com>, brandon@dalsemi.com >(BRANDON, JOHN M) writes:I >:Can you change the Ethernet Address of the DE500 card from the console?  > E >  The hardware address, AFAIK, no -- well, not short of a PROM swap. B >  The hardware address arises from IEEE or other such entity, andE >  hardware manufacturers have assigned ranges that are then parceled  >  out as NICs are built.  > B >  The physical address, yes -- DECnet Phase IV swaps that when itB >  connects and starts, for instance.  The hardware address is theB >  initial default value for the physical or MAC address used when >  the controller is running.  >  >:If not at the O/S level? > A >  The host operating system can swap the physical (MAC) address. B >  A given NIC potentially can be listening on multiple addresses,C >  too, depending on what broadcast and multicast and such are set.  > H >  Some details of the problem that you seek to address could be useful. > 1 > ---------------------------- #include <rtfaq.h>  >-----------------------------L >    For additional, please see the OpenVMS FAQ -- www.hp.com/go/openvms/faq3 > --------------------------- pure personal opinion  >---------------------------H >       Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoff[\0100]hp.com >  >    >    ------------------------------  * Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:59:39 +0000 (UTC)P From: helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) Subject: TCPIP configuration$ Message-ID: <duco2q$hti$1@online.de>  @ On my list of things to do is to understand completely the TCPIPE configuration possibilities and reconfigure some things if necessary. C However, I need some quick answers before I can find the time to do  this.   D The operator of my mail gateway complained that an unusual number ofG emails were sent during the night.  They weren't consciously sent.  I'm ? wondering whether these were rejection notices sent by the SMTP 
 software.   G [SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]TCPIP$SMTP_LOGFILE.LOG contains many entries like the  
 following:  D %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:47.59  %%%%%%%%%%%%% %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user ENIEE : Failed to deliver local mail to  <eniee@astro.multivax.de># %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user !AS     D %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:47.59  %%%%%%%%%%%%% %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user ENIEE ? 550  %TCPIP-E-SMTP_XFAIL, remote transaction failure, yahoo.com   D %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:57.87  %%%%%%%%%%%%1 %MAIL-E-SENDERR, error sending to user TCPIP$SMTP L -MAIL-E-OPENOUT, error opening SYS$SPECIFIC:[000000]TCPIP$SMTP.DIR as output? -RMS-E-PRV, insufficient privilege or file protection violation * Failed to deliver local mail to TCPIP$SMTP* %MAIL-E-SENDERR, error sending to user !AS    D %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:58.00  %%%%%%%%%%%%P WARNING: The bounced mail in CF= _DSA122:[SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]06020521215712_SYSTEM-+ 20C00058.TCPIP_DANEEL;1 couldn't be bounced 
 , status = 0. P #smtp$do_task\1746 smtp$do_task: (req_done) fatal error. status: %TCPIP-I-SMTP_S YMBERR, symbiont error in !AS   D %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:58.12  %%%%%%%%%%%%P WARNING: Fatal error when processing CF= _DSA122:[SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]06020521215712 _SYSTEM-20C00058.TCPIP_DANEEL;1  Leaving as orphan   , %TCPIP-I-SMTP_SYMBERR, symbiont error in !AS  " OK, let's go through the messages:  F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:47.59  %%%%%%%%%%%%' > %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user ENIEE < > Failed to deliver local mail to  <eniee@astro.multivax.de>% > %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user !AS   $ Mail is sent to a non-existent user.  F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:47.59  %%%%%%%%%%%%' > %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user ENIEE A > 550  %TCPIP-E-SMTP_XFAIL, remote transaction failure, yahoo.com   F I'm worried about this, as there are text files in the same directory  which look like this:   $ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 10:52:41 +0200( Message-Id: <06020611524148@multivax.de> From: TCPIP$SMTP@MULTIVAX.DE To: TCPIP$SMTP Subject: Returned mail    ' ---- Transcript of session follows ----   Q 550  %TCPIP-E-SMTP_XFAIL, remote transaction failure, internationalcspedition.com     ---- Unsent message follows ----  $ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 10:52:34 +0200( Message-Id: <06020611523438@multivax.de> From: TCPIP$SMTP@MULTIVAX.DE* To: postmaster@internationalcspedition.com Subject: Returned mail      ' ---- Transcript of session follows ----   D %%%%%%%%%%%%                    6-FEB-2006 11:52:34.26  %%%%%%%%%%%%& %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user AMREJR  % ---- Recipients of this delivery ----   %  <amrejr@astro.multivax.de> (bounced)     ---- Unsent message follows ----  3 Return-Path: postmaster@internationalcspedition.com   5 There are then the headers from the original message.   G Is the SMTP software trying to notify the original sender that the user H does not eist and SENDING A MESSAGE OUT THROUGH MY SMTP RELAY GATEWAY?   If so, how can I stop it?   F Since the bounce bounces, it apparently goes to TCPIP$SMTP, which has  the default setup.  F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:57.87  %%%%%%%%%%%%3 > %MAIL-E-SENDERR, error sending to user TCPIP$SMTP N > -MAIL-E-OPENOUT, error opening SYS$SPECIFIC:[000000]TCPIP$SMTP.DIR as outputA > -RMS-E-PRV, insufficient privilege or file protection violation , > Failed to deliver local mail to TCPIP$SMTP, > %MAIL-E-SENDERR, error sending to user !AS  4 Bug or feature?  Again, protections are the default.  E If I don't want mail to land in this account, but go somewhere else,  > presumably I can do MAIL> SET FORWARD/USER=TCPIP$SMTP username  F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:58.00  %%%%%%%%%%%%R > WARNING: The bounced mail in CF= _DSA122:[SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]06020521215712_SYSTEM-- > 20C00058.TCPIP_DANEEL;1 couldn't be bounced  > , status = 0. R > #smtp$do_task\1746 smtp$do_task: (req_done) fatal error. status: %TCPIP-I-SMTP_S > YMBERR, symbiont error in !AS   F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:58.12  %%%%%%%%%%%%R > WARNING: Fatal error when processing CF= _DSA122:[SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]06020521215712! > _SYSTEM-20C00058.TCPIP_DANEEL;1  > Leaving as orphan   . > %TCPIP-I-SMTP_SYMBERR, symbiont error in !AS  G So, the text files are left on disk since the bounced bounces couldn't   be delivered to TCPIP$SMTP?   C A question about [SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]SMTP_CONFIG.TEMPLATE.  I'm a bit  E surprised that I have it on only one machine, a VAX with VMS 7.3 and  I TCPIP 5.3.  Another VAX with the same VMS and TCPIP doesn't have it (nor  F SMTP.CONFIG) nor does an ALPHA with VMS 7.3-2 and TCPIP 5.4.  (In all - cases, all VMS and TCPIP patches are applied.   H The comments in the file say TCPIP 5.1.  Is there a more recent version? If so, where is it?   M ! This template file contains examples of each supported field. This template N ! does not document the purpose of the fields, their defaults, their syntax orP ! the way they interact.  Regarding defaults note that all fields that require aP ! default have one built into SMTP which means that configurations which require: ! all the defaults need not even have an SMTP.CONFIG file. ! K ! For more information on the anti-SPAM features of SMTP see the Management  ! Guide   ' What, exactly, is the Management Guide?   C Does anyone have a commented template (for 5.3 and 5.4) which DOES  H explain the purpose of the fields, their defaults, their syntax and the  way they interact?  H Another question.  Has anyone defined TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON to be something I other than the default location?  What about on a non-system disk?  What  G about the same location for all nodes?  If so, does everything work OK?    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:15:12 -0500 3 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net>   Subject: Re: TCPIP configuration: Message-ID: <1N2dnYg4mbjMaJTZnZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@comcast.com>  / Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:   B > On my list of things to do is to understand completely the TCPIPG > configuration possibilities and reconfigure some things if necessary. E > However, I need some quick answers before I can find the time to do  > this.  > F > The operator of my mail gateway complained that an unusual number ofI > emails were sent during the night.  They weren't consciously sent.  I'm A > wondering whether these were rejection notices sent by the SMTP  > software.  > I > [SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]TCPIP$SMTP_LOGFILE.LOG contains many entries like the   > following: > F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:47.59  %%%%%%%%%%%%' > %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user ENIEE < > Failed to deliver local mail to  <eniee@astro.multivax.de>% > %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user !AS  >  > F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:47.59  %%%%%%%%%%%%' > %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user ENIEE A > 550  %TCPIP-E-SMTP_XFAIL, remote transaction failure, yahoo.com  > F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:57.87  %%%%%%%%%%%%3 > %MAIL-E-SENDERR, error sending to user TCPIP$SMTP N > -MAIL-E-OPENOUT, error opening SYS$SPECIFIC:[000000]TCPIP$SMTP.DIR as outputA > -RMS-E-PRV, insufficient privilege or file protection violation , > Failed to deliver local mail to TCPIP$SMTP, > %MAIL-E-SENDERR, error sending to user !AS >  > F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:58.00  %%%%%%%%%%%%R > WARNING: The bounced mail in CF= _DSA122:[SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]06020521215712_SYSTEM-- > 20C00058.TCPIP_DANEEL;1 couldn't be bounced  > , status = 0. R > #smtp$do_task\1746 smtp$do_task: (req_done) fatal error. status: %TCPIP-I-SMTP_S > YMBERR, symbiont error in !AS  > F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:58.12  %%%%%%%%%%%%R > WARNING: Fatal error when processing CF= _DSA122:[SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]06020521215712! > _SYSTEM-20C00058.TCPIP_DANEEL;1  > Leaving as orphan  > . > %TCPIP-I-SMTP_SYMBERR, symbiont error in !AS > $ > OK, let's go through the messages: >  > F >>%%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:47.59  %%%%%%%%%%%%' >>%MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user ENIEE < >>Failed to deliver local mail to  <eniee@astro.multivax.de>% >>%MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user !AS  >  > & > Mail is sent to a non-existent user. >  > F >>%%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:47.59  %%%%%%%%%%%%' >>%MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user ENIEE A >>550  %TCPIP-E-SMTP_XFAIL, remote transaction failure, yahoo.com  >  > H > I'm worried about this, as there are text files in the same directory  > which look like this:  > & > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 10:52:41 +0200* > Message-Id: <06020611524148@multivax.de> > From: TCPIP$SMTP@MULTIVAX.DE > To: TCPIP$SMTP > Subject: Returned mail >  > ) > ---- Transcript of session follows ----  > S > 550  %TCPIP-E-SMTP_XFAIL, remote transaction failure, internationalcspedition.com  > " > ---- Unsent message follows ---- > & > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 10:52:34 +0200* > Message-Id: <06020611523438@multivax.de> > From: TCPIP$SMTP@MULTIVAX.DE, > To: postmaster@internationalcspedition.com > Subject: Returned mail >  >  > ) > ---- Transcript of session follows ----  > F > %%%%%%%%%%%%                    6-FEB-2006 11:52:34.26  %%%%%%%%%%%%( > %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user AMREJR > ' > ---- Recipients of this delivery ----  > ' >  <amrejr@astro.multivax.de> (bounced)  > " > ---- Unsent message follows ---- > 5 > Return-Path: postmaster@internationalcspedition.com  > 7 > There are then the headers from the original message.  > I > Is the SMTP software trying to notify the original sender that the user J > does not eist and SENDING A MESSAGE OUT THROUGH MY SMTP RELAY GATEWAY?   > If so, how can I stop it?  > H > Since the bounce bounces, it apparently goes to TCPIP$SMTP, which has  > the default setup. >  > F >>%%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:57.87  %%%%%%%%%%%%3 >>%MAIL-E-SENDERR, error sending to user TCPIP$SMTP N >>-MAIL-E-OPENOUT, error opening SYS$SPECIFIC:[000000]TCPIP$SMTP.DIR as outputA >>-RMS-E-PRV, insufficient privilege or file protection violation , >>Failed to deliver local mail to TCPIP$SMTP, >>%MAIL-E-SENDERR, error sending to user !AS >  > 6 > Bug or feature?  Again, protections are the default. > G > If I don't want mail to land in this account, but go somewhere else,  @ > presumably I can do MAIL> SET FORWARD/USER=TCPIP$SMTP username >  > F >>%%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:58.00  %%%%%%%%%%%%R >>WARNING: The bounced mail in CF= _DSA122:[SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]06020521215712_SYSTEM-- >>20C00058.TCPIP_DANEEL;1 couldn't be bounced  >>, status = 0. R >>#smtp$do_task\1746 smtp$do_task: (req_done) fatal error. status: %TCPIP-I-SMTP_S >>YMBERR, symbiont error in !AS  >  > F >>%%%%%%%%%%%%                    5-FEB-2006 21:21:58.12  %%%%%%%%%%%%R >>WARNING: Fatal error when processing CF= _DSA122:[SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]06020521215712! >>_SYSTEM-20C00058.TCPIP_DANEEL;1  >>Leaving as orphan  >  > . >>%TCPIP-I-SMTP_SYMBERR, symbiont error in !AS >  > I > So, the text files are left on disk since the bounced bounces couldn't   > be delivered to TCPIP$SMTP?  > E > A question about [SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP]SMTP_CONFIG.TEMPLATE.  I'm a bit  G > surprised that I have it on only one machine, a VAX with VMS 7.3 and  K > TCPIP 5.3.  Another VAX with the same VMS and TCPIP doesn't have it (nor  H > SMTP.CONFIG) nor does an ALPHA with VMS 7.3-2 and TCPIP 5.4.  (In all / > cases, all VMS and TCPIP patches are applied.  > J > The comments in the file say TCPIP 5.1.  Is there a more recent version? > If so, where is it?  > O > ! This template file contains examples of each supported field. This template P > ! does not document the purpose of the fields, their defaults, their syntax orR > ! the way they interact.  Regarding defaults note that all fields that require aR > ! default have one built into SMTP which means that configurations which require< > ! all the defaults need not even have an SMTP.CONFIG file. > ! M > ! For more information on the anti-SPAM features of SMTP see the Management 	 > ! Guide  > ) > What, exactly, is the Management Guide?   7 The "Management Guide" is a manual.  Go thou, and RTFM.  > E > Does anyone have a commented template (for 5.3 and 5.4) which DOES  J > explain the purpose of the fields, their defaults, their syntax and the  > way they interact? > J > Another question.  Has anyone defined TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON to be something K > other than the default location?  What about on a non-system disk?  What  I > about the same location for all nodes?  If so, does everything work OK?  >   G It looks as if you are getting the customary deluge of Spam!  You need  H some heavy duty filtering somewhere.  Without filtering, you can get as I many as 100 spam mail messages per user per day! You might want to block  I SMTP from some addresses at your firewall.  I would block the entire 218  ? net (China and Korea) as its principle purpose seems to be the  A origination of Spam (I suppose the Chinese and Koreans have some  C internal uses but forty or fifty percent of my spam at my last job  A originated in 218 (before the company installed spam filtering)).   G It may be worth developing software to analyze incoming headers to see  F which IP addresses or networks are connecting to your machine to send = this drivel and blocking offending addresses and/or networks.    ------------------------------  * Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:47:40 +0000 (UTC)P From: helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply)  Subject: Re: TCPIP configuration$ Message-ID: <dud5eb$7m9$1@online.de>  F In article <1N2dnYg4mbjMaJTZnZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@comcast.com>, "Richard B.* Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes:   9 > The "Management Guide" is a manual.  Go thou, and RTFM.   D Of course.  However, I doubt that is its actual title; I was hoping  someone would have a URL handy.    ------------------------------  $ Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:28:36 -0500) From: "Ken Robinson" <kenrbnsn@gmail.com>   Subject: Re: TCPIP configurationH Message-ID: <7dd80f60603041728x2f50fa11x3a8c322ec027b6a0@mail.gmail.com>  3 On 3/4/06, Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply ( <helbig@astro.multiclothesvax.de> wrote:H > In article <1N2dnYg4mbjMaJTZnZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@comcast.com>, "Richard B.+ > Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes:  > ; > > The "Management Guide" is a manual.  Go thou, and RTFM.  > E > Of course.  However, I doubt that is its actual title; I was hoping ! > someone would have a URL handy.   L Here are the docs for version 5.4  <http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/tcpip54.h= tml>   Ken    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:43:09 +0100 ( From: Paul Sture <paul.sture@bluewin.ch># Subject: Re: VMS is relatively rare + Message-ID: <46u8udFcvd3iU1@individual.net>     VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:X > In article <46qc72FcbpigU1@individual.net>, Paul Sture <paul.sture@bluewin.ch> writes: >   F >>OTOH, if in a restaurant I trust the quality of the preparation and < >>ingredients, I might choose to have a steak rare. In iffy J >>establishments, the preparation and ingredients may be cheap and nasty, # >>so I'd want a steak well done :-)  >  > : > I prefer my steak, rare; my operating system, well done. >    OK. I can go with that.    ------------------------------   Date: 4 Mar 2006 13:39:45 -0800 $ From: "AEF" <spamsink2001@yahoo.com># Subject: Re: VMS is relatively rare C Message-ID: <1141508385.625810.276030@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>    VAXman-@SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: ^ > In article <44076A74.81B6B5D8@teksavvy.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> writes: > >  > > _ > >> http://news.com.com/Oracle+to+expand+Itanium+support/2100-1012_3-6044983.html?tag=nefd.top  > > B > >Article about the web cast. It is focused on Oracle porting its# > >ebusiness applications to HP-UX.  > > 0 > >And article then has this wonderful sentence: > >  > >## I > >It's not all bad news for Itanium, though. The chip runs not just HP's A > >version of Unix, called HP-UX, but also Windows, Linux and two D > >relatively rare HP operating systems, OpenVMS and NonStop Kernel. > >##  > >  > > K > >Yesterday, I saw an ad for that web cast on Yahoo, so I knew it wouldn't > > >be about VMS since VMS never gets advertised in mainstream. > > ' > >Did anyone listen to that web cast ?  > > J > >(And since Windows will not longer be fully supported on IA64 with onlyI > >a limited set of apps, one wonders why Windows should be listed before + > >the rare operating systems VMS and NSK).  >  > J > Shouldn't Weendoze be considered the rare operating system?  I've always6 > thought of VMS as the well-done operating system. :) >  > --M > VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker   VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM  > 6 >   "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"    ; Actually, "Weendoze" should *BE* the rare operating system!    AEF    ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2006.127 ************************