I found my answer. The problem was someone had inadvertently HELD the STC while it was running. That naturally affected the ability of the output in SYSOUT Class B for SMTP. Once a $AS command was issued, everything was fine.
The problem was in the way I was researching the issue. I did not see it was held at the task level until after I had cycled the task. Normally I use the ST command in SDSDF but this time I focused on the DA panel and that did not show the HELD status. I also issued at $DS on an output group and it had hold, so I issued the $TOS and released it - or so I thought. It was not until a $AS was issued that it cleared up. I am going to use OPS/MVS to capture JES2 commands against this particular STC to reduce the likelihood of this reoccurring. Thanks everyone for their input. I am adding that to my triage document. I have to remember to look at all facets of a job running to make sure nothing is out of sorts. Just because there are no error messages does not mean there is not a problem. My bigger issue is the JES2 command had been entered 5 hours earlier. And no one noticed the lack of emails for that length of time. Emails only get driven if there are job failures and we have a fairly stable (no failure) environment. So it is possible for hours of running without an email. So this was easy to miss. Lizette > Lizette Koehler wrote: > > >I have a problem with mail delivery. We are using SMTP and it is not > getting delivered. > > >I am reviewing the output in SYSOUT Class B (SMTP) and the STATUS > column in SDSF shows JHOLD. > > >How to I remove this JHOLD in SDSF? > > Release it on O screen, failing that do that on ST screen. > > >Am I missing something? > > If you are having problems that SMTP does not pick up the output, do > $DEBUG,SECURITY=YES to see what is the problem. You can change the > output class to something else and change back so SMTP can pick it up > again. > > HTH !! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
