Re: Pager/ notification system? -- MIDRANGE-L

I am looking at setting up E-Mail on my AS400 that has access to an
external SMTP, POP3 server.  On V3R7M0 the method seems to be to
create a destination queue and set it up.  Looking at this method there
seems to be a bit of conflict with my external server.

The AS400 wants to handle e-mail itself, and is not really set up as a
SMTP, POP3 client.  Also, for e-mailing there seems to be some reason,
which I have yet to figure out, to change the addressing scheme.  Our current
addressing scheme is <name>@conexfreight.com.  Using destination queues
I would have to address people on the AS400 as 
<name>!<machine>@conexfreight.com.

Such as: jlangston!as400@conexfreight.com.

I see no valid reason to change an industry standard naming scheme like
<name>@<dns> which is accepted on all other machines I can see.

Also, I would get into contention with users would would wish to receive their
e-mail on the POP3 server rather than the AS400.

How I would like to set it up is simple, if someone on the AS400 e-mails 
someone,

have it forward the mail to the SMTP server (I am not concerned that mail going
to
a local user would have to go to the SMTP server then back to the AS400 though
the POP3 server, I don't feel that would be a problem).  Also, I would prefer
people
on the AS/400 to be able to retrieve their e-mail from the POP3 server where 
they

can get it from the AS400 or a PC to their liking (we are still using green
screens).

The only way I know how to do this now is through telnet, which is simple.  I 
run

a telnet session to my SMTP or POP3 server and send or receive the mail 
manually.

Not a pretty picture.  That is where 3rd party programs come in.

I have installed one so far that seems pretty good, KeyesMail, that seems to do
everything
I like, except the version I have doesn't handle attachments (the next version 
is
supposed
to be able to view them in raw form).

Another one I have yet to receive a demo for is something called... ummm...
Net*400 or Mail*400 or something like that.  That one seems to be able to be set
up in
myriad configurations, and they want to know how I am going to use it before 
they
send
me a demo.  Which, frankly, I am not sure yet how I am going to set it up.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Jeffrey Silberberg wrote:

>     Okay,
>
>         I can not resist any longer on this issue, so my question to those
> in this discussion is, "Why buy software for this function ?".  If I can
> send e-mail  to pin@pagingservice.com, and the AS/400 has built in E-mail
> SMTP support, why buy a package that does little else but  dial a phone, in
> the case of those looking for simple implementations.
>
>         Now I know that most of this software does much more, like
> escalation notification but is it overkill in most cases ?
>
>         Jeff Silberberg,
>
> PS: *DISCLOSURE
> I do sell a UNIX Paging center that I call DAPage(tm), but I just do not see
> a reason for most AS/400 users to even need this type of support, given
> today's world of connectivity on the BIG INET.
>
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