Implementing the CSSMTP compatibility test

CSSMTP implements a compatibility test mode, which allows you to test CSSMTP in your production environment without disrupting your existing mail workloads.

To implement the CSSMTP compatibility test, perform the following steps:

1. Configure EZBMCOPY to run as JES writer SMTPD and to allocate copies of the spool files it creates to writers SMTPD1 and CSSMTP. See the example JCL below about how to configure EZBMCOPY:

   //EZBMCOPY PROC
   //STEP     EXEC PGM=EZBMCOPY,PARM='WRITER=SMTPD'
   
   //OUT1     OUTPUT WRITER=SMTPD1
   //OUT2     OUTPUT WRITER=CSSMTP
   //STEPLIB  DD   DSN=JES2.TESTING.LOAD,DISP=SHR
   //SYSUT2   DD   SYSOUT=*,SPIN=UNALLOC,OUTPUT=(*.OUT1,*.OUT2),HOLD=NO
   //SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=*
   //SYSIN    DD   DUMMY

   Note: The writer names in this procedure are examples based on Figure 1.
2. Start CSSMTP in test mode with the JES writer name CSSMTP. See OPTIONS TESTMODE configuration statement for more information.
3. Change SMTPD's job name to SMTPD1.
   Tip: SMTPD writer name is the same as SMTPD job name. Therefore, if you have any port reservation statements for the SMTPD job name in the TCP/IP profile, update the statements by specifying the new job name after you change the job name. Also, if you did not specify the MAILFILEDSPREFIX parameter in the SMTPD configuration file, the default value of the parameter changes to the new job name.
4. Start EZBMCOPY.