Re: Read Email from RPG Program

[Patrick Townsend <townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Art,

Try using PRTDOC instead of RTVDOC. Specify the output to a flat file.
I've found PRTDOC to work much better in putting a message back into its
original form. 

Patrick

Art Tostaine, Jr. wrote:
> 
> I have email setup on an As/400.  I can receive email from the internet and
> view it using Justmail or a POP client.
> 
> We receive a text file as an attachment to an email.  I would like to run an
> RPG program that can read that attachment and insert it into our database
> file.
> 
> I have used QRYDST to get my docid, then RCVDST to get the doc.  I have
> tried sending the RCVDST to a file and to a folder.  If I send to a folder,
> I then used RTVDOC to get the message into a physical file.   Problem is
> that the data from the message is there but not in fixed length records.  I
> can see the CR-LF's, but I don't want to have to code and around that stuff.
> 
> How can I get the message into a fixed length flat file that I can use in
> RPG?
> 
> CPYFRMSTMF has the option to do this, but I have tried that when receiving
> mail to a userId setup as a Pop3 user (system message store), and that
> looked even worse.
> 
> OF course, I thought this was a no-brainer and have promised my customer
> this function right away.  Keep in mind that the world may end if I don't
> get this solved.
> 
> Art Tostaine, Jr.
> CCA, Inc.
> Parlin, NJ 08859
> 
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