Return Values
On successful operation, the routine returns the value of the channel argument. In the event of an error, the value returned is NULL and the mta_errno variable is set with an error status code. The following table
lists the error status codes and gives a description of each.
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Error Status Codes
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Description
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MTA_BADARGS
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There are two reasons to get this return value:
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A NULL value was supplied for the address argument.
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An invalid value was supplied for the address_type.
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MTA_FOPEN
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Unable to initialize the MTA SDK; can’t read one or more configuration
files. Issue the following command for further information:
imsimta test -rewrite
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MTA_NO
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There are two reasons to get this return value:
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Unable to rewrite the supplied address. Either the address is syntactically
invalid, or it does not match any channel.
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Unable to initialize the MTA_SDK. Issue the following command for
further information:
imsimta test -rewrite
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MTA_NOSUCHITEM
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An invalid item code was specified.
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MTA_STRTRUERR
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There are two reasons to get this return value:
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Supplied address string is too long; length can not exceed ALFA_SIZE bytes.
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The supplied buffer to receive the channel name is too small.
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