Re: Homegrown v3r2 send internet email - POSSIBLE?

[thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Dan:

On Tue, 09 October 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?

Yes, it's possible, but it's been so long since I saw V3R2 I can't remember any 
details.

If you decide to create your own functions (e.g., via sockets programming), I 
suggest you start with contacting the iCTC (IBM's Custom Technology Center) to 
see if they'll still supply their TCP/IP Sockets API package. It was still free 
for the basic client-side APIs last year. I used those on V3R2 to write a POP 
client in CL (!) and even a very basic SMTP client. I have no problem using the 
iCTC APIs even on current releases, but I've long since graduated to doing my 
own. They are great for prototyping and for learning what various TCP/IP 
applications expect. They're actually pretty good even for production stuff.

Tom Liotta

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