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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
- Subject: Re: "error in device name" message on MX 3.1
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 18:04:05 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- Message-ID: <1hvcmlINNfdu@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <00965cfc.5c2d8740.2806@gomez.phys.virginia.edu>
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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.
-