Configure TCP/IP for e-mail

Before you can configure e-mail on your iSeries™ server, you need to set up TCP/IP.

If you are setting up e-mail on your iSeries server for the first time, complete the following steps. If you already have TCP/IP configured on your iSeries server , you can proceed directly to Configure Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and (POP) servers for e-mail.

In iSeries Navigator, expand your iSeries Server > Network > TCP/IP Configuration.
Right-click Interfaces and select New Interface and the type of network the new interface represents. The first dialog of the New TCP/IP Interface wizard appears. Follow the wizard's instructions. The wizard asks you to supply the following information:
- Type of connection
- Hardware resource
- Line description
- IP address
- Host name
- Domain name
  Note: The host name and domain name you use for the wizard constitute your fully qualified domain name. SMTP requires a fully qualified domain name to communicate with other SMTP hosts, from which it receives e-mail.
  
  For example, if the local host name is ASHOST and the local domain name is DOMAIN.COMPANY.COM, the fully qualified domain name is: ASHOST.DOMAIN.COMPANY.COM.
- Servers to start
After you are finished with the wizard, right-click TCP/IP and select Properties. The TCP/IP Properties dialog appears.
Click the Host Table tab.
Click Add. The TCP/IP Host Table Entry dialog appears.
Enter the IP address and the host name you used in the New TCP/IP Interface wizard.
Click OK to close the TCP/IP Host Table Entry dialog.
Click OK to close the TCP/IP Properties dialog.