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SMTP exit capability to modify MAIL values for anything passing through SMTP

Currently the smtpexit can only be used to accept or reject email. My request would allow the exit to alter, not the content of the mail, but the values used to determine who the mail is originating from such as "MAIL FROM:<" values.
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

IEBPDSE Report Enhancment

Enhance the IEBPDSE report to: 1. Move the DSName to the top of the report 2. Add information on what processing parms were specified
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 2 Future consideration

Automated OAM configuration tuning advisor tool

Automated OAM configuration tuning advisor tool
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 1 Future consideration

LE to surface correct information when 31/64 bit code is incorretly used via DLL

* if 31/64 bit code in intermixed in a non supported manner (DLL)* message "EDC5206S DLL module name too long" is shown * The correct information (CEE3587S A call was made to a function in the AMODE 31 DLL //FU018J from an AMODE 64 caller)surfaces...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

Change of behaviour for the USS 'tail' command

The USS 'tail -1 <file>' command is outputting 2 lines if the final line in a file does not end with a new-line character: >cat tt aaa bbb ccc>>od -h tt 0000000000 81 81 81 15 82 82 82 15 83 83 83 0000000013 >tail -1 tt bb...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 0 Planned for future release

Requesting a way for CSSMTP to send alerts or messages to SYSLOG for failed emails.

We had several hundred mainframe emails from our batch cycles that were blocked and we were not made aware. We need a way to either send these messages to our SYSLOG so that we can look for them or we need a way for CSSMTP to send out an alert so ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

DFSMSdss DUMP command optimize the default block size for PS-E.

Now DFSMSdss DUMP function makes a output dataset to DASD with half track block size (default). If using 3390 type DASD, default block size is 27998. When output dataset is Extended format (PS-E) , the system adds a 32-byte suffix to each block. S...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

REST API Extensibility

zOSMF should provide a way to register and unregister custom API handlers for users and vendors. This feature would allow users to create their own API handlers in whatever language they want and leverage the authentication and existing REST capab...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

USS Health Check for MOUNTS limit

a USS Health Check would give a warning for when a threshold was crossed, alerting users to a fixed limit for the number of files that can be mounted.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Vary SYNTAXCHECK command

V TCPIP,,SYNTAXCHECK,SYS0.ZOS21.TCPIP.TCPPARMS(TELNET03) EZZ0061I VARY SYNTAXCHECK COMMAND BEGINNING EZZ0300I OPENED SYNTAXCHECK FILE 'SYS0.ZOS21.TCPIP.TCPPARMS(TELNET03)' EZZ0309I PROFILE PROCESSING BEGINNING FOR 'SYS0.ZOS21.TCPIP.TCPPARMS(T ELNE...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

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