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> fedex kinkos appears to have a web services interface: Yes - and it still takes a human to drag, drop, click, etc with a mouse to send an order (notice the words "download a client" in their article?..... Why is it nobody thinks about server to server transactions? The best part is that when you bring this up, I get the Homer Simpson response (blank stare) and "i dunno....". I think it's because this is the generation that grew up with mouse in hand.... If you sense my frustration, it's because this is just another in a long list that some vendors call "progress". (a few months ago, same customer upgraded to the latest & greatest fax server from a vendor i will not name. They removed many of the commands the prev version had, where I could send it from the iSeries, and put them all in a "new WinXP graphical interface".... So now several tasks I had automated on the iSeries job scheduler now require a human (with a mouse). jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:43 PM Subject: Re: ftp to kinkos.com > On 8/4/05, Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > That turned into a very manual process. I had to download the file from > > iSeries to my pc, > > then log onto web store, go thru about 6 pages of order entry, fake an > > order, > > to give them 1 test file. According to their 1-800 support center, they do > > not allow > > servers to ftp them files. So much for the wonderful world of eCommerce and > > automation. > > jim > > fedex kinkos appears to have a web services interface: > http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/11/12/46FEifw100fedex_1.html > > perhaps the ftp interface is problematic because fedex is placing > emphasis on the web service route to their printing products. > > -Steve > > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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