Re: Sending E-mail

[Patrick Townsend <townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

You'll need the service program QTMMSNDM. If you are not on V4R1 you can
download the PTF for it, I believe.

Good luck!
Patrick

John Hall wrote:
> 
> Thanks to All who answered.  I was able to get SNDDST working but did
> not like the output.
> 
> Columnar reports just don't work well when people use proportional fonts
> for their e-mail.
> I tried to use the <pre> tag to force it into fixed pitch mode but
> because of the content-type of the message the e-mail packages are
> ignoring any formatting.
> 
> I am now trying to use the QtmmSendMail API - program compiles fine but
> will not bind to the API.
> 
> I cannot find it anywhere on the system.  Does anybody know how I can
> locate this API?
> 
> Patrick : I called Net400 - their pricing starts at $7500 - I can just
> about buy a whole system for that !
> 
> Patrick Townsend wrote:
> 
> >
> > John,
> >
> > If you can get the reports into a database file in the format you want
> > you can send them to an Internet recipient with the SNDDST command.
> > Depending on the version of OS/400 you have you may need to pick up some
> > PTF to handle Internet addressing on the SNDDST command.
> >
> > The AS/400 has an SMTP client and server, as well as a POP3 server. But
> > you will only need the SMTP capabilities for outbound mail. You will
> > need to configure TCP/IP, Remote Name server, SMTP and SNADS. Your
> > AS/400 will also have to have a connection to the Internet or a mail
> > server that can route to the Internet.
> >
> > The Redbook "AS/400 Electronic Mail Capabilities" can be helpful in the
> > configuration.
> >
> > For a commercial product you might want to look at NetMail from Net400.
> > They are a partner company of ours and have print distribution in their
> > e-mail product. There are other 3rd party products, too.
> >
> > If you are more ambitious you can use the QtmmSendMail API to send
> > outbound mail. It supports more functionality than the SNDDST interface.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Patrick
> >
> +---
> | This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
> | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
> | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
> | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
> | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
> +---

-- 

Patrick Townsend                       mailto:townsend@patownsend.com
Patrick Townsend & Associates, Inc.    http://www.patownsend.com
+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---