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Anpassung SMTP Server

im Parameter ALIASDMN können leider nur 10 Aliasnamen eingetragen werden, wir würden für unsere Niederlassungen aber ca. 30 ALIAS benötigen.
9 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Under review

STRRMTWTR option to start multiple writerprograms for single OUTQ

STRRMTWTR only starts multiple writerprograms when having OUTQ-parameter = *ALL and WTR-parameter = *OUTQ. It would be nice to be able to start as many writerprograms as definied on an outqdescription, for a single outq. Suggestion would be to add...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Print 2 Future consideration

improve STRCPYSCN and ENDCPYSCN

We would like to request the following: a) Eliminate the message following the STRCPYSCN that breaks to the customer a second after he got a break message to confirm the copy. b) Eliminate the 2 messages that appear following ENDCPYSCN on the user...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

WRKSMTPUSR - Same alias may be used for more than one user when unique for each domain.

In CHGSMTPA we have 3 different domain. We have these users: FAKTURA1 e-mail: post@bladetmotgift.no FAKTURA5 e-mail: post@bladetfokus.no FAKTURA6 e-mail: post@bladetbevis.no In WRKDIRE there is no problem, but in WRKSMTPUSR it's not possible. TCP5...
9 months ago in IBM i / Networking 5 Under review

Add temporal information to commands and not just the system catalog

Add the ability to see temporal relations in the following:- DSPFD- DSPDBR It can be discovered with things likeRetrieve Database File Description (QDBRTVFD) APIhttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_73/apis/qdbrtvfd.htm#HDRTEMPOSys...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

ACS IFS Copy function should use a permanent library

When ACS IFS to copy a stream file it will create a temporary library to perform the action. If the command is restricted it will fail and continue retrying without stop to run the CRTLIB command. The command either should not create a temporary l...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Checksum file for all downloads

It's time to have sha checksum files (a standard format checksum file with list of sums and files) for each set of files for download with fix central or entitled software.This should be a minimum for package distribution so that the files can be ...
almost 4 years ago in AIX 2 Future consideration

add LACP mode bonding option to HMC

HMC allows only old-fashioned bond mode, but not the most commonly used LACP (802.ad) bond mode.Please add appropriate parameters to "chhmc -c netbond" and corresponding options in the HMC GUI.
about 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

Wrkactjob - Filter by user

Would help if the wrkactjob command could also filter for a specific user as well. Now you can only subset by subsystem. Usefull if you need to see wrkactjob per user as well. Now you have to press F16 on the wrkactjob screen and press F16. Work w...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 2 Not under consideration

Navigator: Allow URL's to specific areas

I would like to be able to send links to our users like:https://myibmi:2005/ibm/console/SendaMessagehttps://myibmi:2005/ibm/console/Messageshttps://myibmi:2005/ibm/console/PrinterOutputhttps://myibmi:2005/ibm/console/Printershttps://myibmi:2005/ib...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration