IRIS please note: Global Settings Document disappears?

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I converted to R6 two months ago, and since it appeared someone may have used my SMTP service as a relay, I decided to learn more about the advanced SPAM controls. They all look great, and I applied several.

Working away from my server network, I made a few tweaks to this global document using Webadmin, Configurations tab, Mail category, Settings. It pulled up the document correctly, as expectded, and as it has before a number of times.

I saved the changes, then entered TE ROUTER UPDATE CONFIG on the server console, as the help DB suggests. The console replied MailUseDNS set to 0., as well as a few other suspicious lines, and my SMTP outbound mail ceased to function.

I went back and forth between the webadmin server console and config settings a number of times, tryign different implementations, to figure out where I had screwed up my settings so badly mail had stopped, reloading the router, SMTP, and the server each time – just to be sure. No luck.

Finally I used the Notes client over the internet to access the NAB directly… NO CONFIG DOCUMENT…?! Somewhere and somehow it had been blown away during that early sequence of changes.

To make sure there was gas in the tank (before posting), I checked for a delete button or anything I might have inadvertently hit which would have deleted the document, but found nothing.

There still may be no gas in the tank, but if so, I’m not sure where to look. If anyone has a clue on this, let me know, otherwise IRIS (& company) please check this out for the next release?

Thanks

Mark Schultz

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Subject: Known bug, please read this for addtl information…

This is a known bug in 6.0, 6.01 and 6.02. It is fixed for R6.03 and 6.5. Unfortunately, it was too late to get it fixed for 6.02.

The following technote has been submitted for this bug:

Originator:
Thomas Gumz/Westford/IBM

Title
Server Configuration Settings document disappears from Domino Directory when saving via webadmin

Abstract:
Editing and saving Messaging Settings documents via a web browser using the Domino Web Administrator (webadmin.nsf) causes the Domino server to loose all settings specified in this document. The document displays OK in webadmin, but the W32 Administrator Client can’t find it. Opening the Domino Directory directly doesn’t show the configuration settings document either.

Cause:
This is a bug in the pubnames.ntf template and only occurs if a Messaging Settings document is directly edited and saved using a browser via webadmin.nsf using the “Configuration tab”, Messaging\Messaging Settings tree selection.
Upon save, the document gets saved back to the Domino Directory using a different/wrong FORM name, causing it not to be found anymore (except for the webadmin.nsf client itself).

Content:
The problem has been fixed for 6.03 and 6.5.

For previous versions, there are two workarounds/options:

Do not edit/save messaging settings using the Messaging\Messaging Settings tree
option. Instead, either:

  1. Use the Server\Server Configurations tree option to edit and save

or

  1. Edit/Save the Server Configuration Settings document directly in the Domino
    Directory by opening names.nsf in your browser instead of going thru
    webadmin.nsf

To manually fix the bug in the pubnames.ntf template, follow these steps:

  • Open the pubnames.ntf template in the Designer Client

  • Open the form “($MessagingSettings)”

  • Locate the “WebQuerySave” event in the lower left objects tree

  • Provide the following formula as the WebQuerySave event code:

    FIELD Form:= “ServerConfig”; “”

  • Save the form

  • Refresh the design of your Domino Directory(s) with the newly updated
    template.

Originator’s Additional Comment:

Originator’s Document Info:
Distribution: Public/Basic (Internet)

Topic: Administration

Defect Number: SPR # TGUZ5L3PGL