RE: emailing from application on the iSeries

Dave,

Do _NOT_ use SNDDST.

The primary limitation of SNDDST is that you can only attach files from
the old office vision file system (/QDLS).  /QDLS has very poor
performance and limits you to old dos style 8.3 file names.

Even if your current requirements don't include sending attachments, I'd
be willing to bet they change sometime soon in the future.  Why limit
yourself from the start and have to switch to some other method.

If you want something for free, go with one of the many QTmmSendMail
wrappers, there are even some wrappers for Java's send email.

Lastly, the downside of using the iSeries SMTP server is it can be
difficult to troubleshoot.

You may want to consider paying for a cheap 3rd party solution that
bypasses the built-in SMTP server.  Brad Stone's is one the comes to
mind.

http://www.bvstools.com


HTH,

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Odom
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 6:12 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: emailing from application on the iSeries
> 
> Chris & Rob,
> 
> Thanks for the response.   So, in order to use the iSeries email
> function, I need to configure SNADS and SMTP or just SMTP?
> 
> What's the difference between using SNDDST and QTmmSendMail?    SNDDST
> is, of course, an iSeries command, how does one invoke QTmmSendMail?  
> For the latter, where's the documentation?   I believe in RTFM.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dave
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