Re: Read Email from RPG Program

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did not see that command at first.  That does make sense.  I've got it
working use CPYFRMSTMF with the correct CCSID.

Thanks for your reply.

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Parlin, NJ 08859

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Townsend <townsend@patownsend.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, July 10, 1998 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Read Email from RPG Program


>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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