Re: Homegrown v3r2 send internet email - POSSIBLE?

Hi Dan,

I wrote E-mail software on V3R2 a long, long time ago (in a distant
galaxy, far, far away) which didn't use the system's E-mail APIs, but
instead used sockets to talk directly to an SMTP server.

Consequently, I never learned how to set up the OS/400 E-mail capabilities
and never learned the various E-mail commands & APIs provided by IBM. :(

Still...  depending on what you're trying to do, this sort of thing might
be an option.   So.  What are you trying to do?


On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Bale, Dan wrote:

> I have spent way too much time on this.  I have searched for threads in
> the archives, I have looked at the redbook for AS/400 email
> capabilities, I have reviewed several web sites that have info specific
> to setting up SMTP, and I have been, so far, unsuccessful.  (Maybe too
> much information???)  Nothing I have seen describes how to set up
> outgoing email from a V3R2 system that does not have OfficeVision
> installed.
>
> Simple question:  Is it possible, from a V3R2 AS/400, to send internet
> email without third-party software?  And without OfficeVision installed?
>
> A little more background.  I limited myself to reading only appendices B
> & C in the redbook I referred to.
>  * Appendix B. Sending Mail to the Internet from an AS/400 System
>  * Appendix C. Sending Internet Mail from OfficeVision/400
>
> Despite the title, appendix C was mentioned in appendix B as required
> reading to implement "internet addressing" on V3R2 systems.
>
> Note: I have been able to send internet email from a V4R4 system.  But
> some of the setup steps are different than those on V3R2.
>