PMDF System Manager's Guide

The UUCP message return job must be started manually. Log in to the account under which this job should run (the account must have access to both the PMDF and UUCP queue and log directories) and execute the PMDF_COM:return_vn.com command file from the terminal. This action should run the return_uucp program (it is a good idea to make sure it is working properly) as well as submitting the periodic batch job.

The pmdf_submit_jobs.com procedure, described in the section on post-installation tasks in the OpenVMS edition of the PMDF Installation Guide, is capable of checking to make sure the periodic Encompass UUCP message return job is running. To enable this feature, make the following logical name definition:

$ DEFINE/SYSTEM PMDF_DO_RETURN_VN 1

This logical should be defined before pmdf_submit_jobs.com is run during system startup. A convenient way to ensure that this is logical is defined when your system reboots is to put the logical definition in a PMDF_COM:pmdf_site_startup.com file you provide; the use of such a file for site specific definitions is adiscussed in the PMDF Installation Guide, OpenVMS Edition.