Re: Using email on iseries

No your'e right - SNDDST is very limited.

See "SNDM" on http://homepage1.nifty.com/uzaemon/

This needs a SMTP hub somewhere on the net outside AS/400. Your ISP probably 
have one you can use. Otherwise there are lots of them on the net. Also you 
need a 'hole' through your firewall. But if you can use SNDDST, all this is 
already in place.

SNDM does handle attachments too and an automatic code page facility (it's a 
japaneese program) that I however find more confusing than helpfull.

It doesn't handle multipart/alternative (needed today if you send out column 
formatted text because Gill Bates insists on a default proportional display 
font in the recipients mail client). If this a need for you, pls contact me 
privately.


Regards

Henrik Krebs

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> From: "Law, Tom" <ACTLaw@nmhg.com>
> To: "Midrange-L (E-mail)" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Subject: Using email on iseries
> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 23:02:10 -0600
> Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>
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> We are looking to send email from our iseries boxes to anyone.  These are
> simple text messages and no attachments.  I have the process working but it
> seems that there is  a lot of "lack of control" using the SNDDST command.
> Right now  the only users are on our exchange server which is working, but
> the future needs are to send outside the company.
>
> We are currently writing Global s and procedures to manage and control
> iseries email.  We find the control or "lack there of"on iseries email
> frustrating.
>
> What Vendor software do you use instead of the IBM SNDDST?  We aren't
> looking for an expensive alternative.
>
> BTW   The iseries will only SEND mail and not receive any back.  We use an
> exchange server list ID as the originating address and this works well.
>
> Thanks for any information you can provide.
>
> Thomas Law