Viewing z/OS UNIX sendmail messages

When IP PrintWay™ transmits output to an email destination, it uses the z/OS UNIX sendmail facility. Sendmail returns an error message when it cannot deliver an email:

• If the target email address is for a local system, the sendmail error message is recorded in the IP PrintWay message log (basic mode) or the common message log (extended mode).
• If the target email address is for a remote system, no error message is recorded in the IP PrintWay message log (basic mode) or common message log (extended mode). Sendmail instead sends a message about the failed delivery to one of these users:
  • If the email address was specified in a sendmail alias, sendmail notifies the owner of the alias.
  • If the email address was specified directly in the printer definition, or if no owner is specified for the alias, sendmail notifies the user associated with the IP PrintWay startup procedure. This user ID is AOPSTC if your installation used the user ID suggested in z/OS Infoprint Server Customization.

  You might need to wait several days before sendmail returns an error message to you about an email that could not be delivered to a remote system. How long you need to wait depends in part on how long it takes the remote system to notify sendmail that an email is not deliverable and in part on how your installation has customized sendmail. For more information about customizing sendmail timeout values, see z/OS Infoprint Server Customization.

  To receive messages from sendmail, run the z/OS UNIX mail or mailx command. For information about these commands, see z/OS UNIX System Services Command Reference.