Re: Changing processing program of IBM commands - Legality, etc

WRKREGINF EXITPNT(QIBM_QCA_CHG_COMMAND)

Exit point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QIBM_QCA_CHG_COMMAND
Exit point format . . . . . . . . . . . . : CHGC0100

Exit program number . . . . . . . . . . . : 1
Exit program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : FIXSNDDST
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ROUTINES
Text description . . . . . . . . . . . . : Convert SNDDST to SNDEMAIL

Exit program data CCSID . . . . . . . . . : 37
Exit program data length . . . . . . . . : 20
Threadsafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *UNKNOWN
Multithreaded job action . . . . . . . . : *MSG
Exit program data . . . . . . . . . . . . :
SNDDST QSYS

Source is available.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM Art Tostaine, Jr. <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

You’re worried they have a copyright or trademark on SNDDST?

Putting your own sign off command in front of qsys (and others) has always
been the way I thought.

I think Rob B. mentioned a few times that his email command processors go
somewhere else.



On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, that's what I mentioned. I just wonder if IBM would be upset, or
potentially cause legal issues with them. I don't want to poke a bear.

I

would rather work WITH them and other ISVs to help, but so far that

doesn't

seem like something either wants to do.

I asked AI and it said no, but it may void warranties for the

command(s)..

hehe.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM David Gibbs via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've been getting a lot of people asking me if they can keep using

IBM

commands like SNDDST to send email but have MAILTOOL handle the

processing

in the background.

Could be as simple as putting a new command in a user library above

qsys

on

the system library list that has the same parameters as the IBM

command,

but invokes your program instead.

david

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