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Communications Server

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zERT Data Field manipulation

Ability to disable/enable zERT Statistics (or other “uninteresting” data fields).
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Batch FTP

Add ability to enter PORT number in Batch FTP PROC . Currently can only do //FTP EXEC PGM=FTP, // PARM='9.23.246.20 2021 (EXIT TI 900 TRACE ' The required HostName must be there or the PORT would be assumed HostName..Suggesting if Hostname on the ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Add PURGE option to MVSPUT dsn (REALLOCATE

Communications Server FTP MVSPUT provides a (REALLOCATE option, so that when a file of the same name exists at the destination site the current file is deleted to allow the new file to be stored. However, if the file at the destination site has an...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

incoming traffic monitor

i want to monitor all incoming/outgoing tcpip traffic in my z/os system.I want a light weight (i.e., not a trace) monitor so that it can run all the time.I imagine it as a monitor that writes details to SMF records.Then I can post-process the SMF ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

z/OS Communications Server FTP sockets port

We would like to see the ability to set the port used by FTP sockets connections. It is currently hard-coded as 1080 and given company standards for firewalls, this has caused issues in my organisation.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Supplied SMTP email routine SMTPNOTE needs enhancing

Problem description SMTPNOTE, supplied in SEZAINST(SMTPNOTE), needs improvements to be usable with modern SMTP standards and MVS environments. As is, the code is broken as supplied. Issues: 1. Lack of temp_dsn allocation parameters causes allocati...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

TN3270 LU group activation

For various operational reasons, pooled or pre-assigned LUs will be temporarily unavailable when TN3270 clients connect. When the OPEN ACB fails, TN3270 puts these LUs in an inactive pool displayable with the D TCPIP,,TELNET,INACTLUS command. Thes...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

CSSMTP: support IDN addresses (convert to punycode)

When working with a domain name containing international (non-ASCII) characters, we need to convert the domain name for example into "punycode" before entering it into the DNS server.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Provide an example similar to SYS1.TCPI.SEZAINST(SMTPNOTE) that operates in the USS environment.

For users not wanting to implement sendmail client/daemon in the USS environment, a good working example for using the facilities of the CSSMTP daemon is needed.This example should have similar functionality as the SMTPNOTE REXX EXEC provided for ...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add support to the z/OS FTP server for uploading RDW data

The z/OS FTP Server has long been able to download binary data from RECFM=V* datasets with RDWs prepended to each record. However, there is no mechanism for uploading similar data and have the record boundaries respected. There is currently no met...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration