Re: Sending files via e-mail

[Patrick Townsend <townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've always thought of the message split phenom as something left over
from the dinosaur age when the SMTP and POP3 support on the AS/400 was
written. The best thing to do is create the QTMSNOSPLT data area in
QUSRSYS to turn off this behavior:

  crtdtaara dtaara(qusrsys/qtmsnosplt) type(*char) size(1)

Patrick

PaulMmn wrote:
> 
> > I'm attempting to send a file via e-mail.  Does anyone know
> > what would be
> > the best way to do this?
> > I've tried using SNDDST, but have been unable to view the
> > data.  Any ideas
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Albert Barron
> 
>  "Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@link400.com> wrote:
> 
> >If you are receiving the email also into the 400, check your POP attributes.
> >Specifically specify the largest message split size you think you need
> >CHGPOPA MSGSPLIT(2048).    I think this also worked for sending.  I was
> >setting up Gumbo Software's SPOOLMAIL product and ran into the same problem.
> >They helped with this parm.  If you are not on V4R?, there is a data area
> >change you can make."
> 
> The helptext for the MSGSPLIT parameter says:
> 
> "Specifies the number of kilobytes that will be used for partial message
> blocks when the mail message exceeds this count. This is used only for
> remote mail delivery.  This is a network parameter and is determined by
> the capacities of the network gateways you are connected to.  Changes to
> this parameter take effect immediately; you do not need to restart the
> POP server."
> 
> My reading of this value is that it must allow for the network's worst
> "choke point--" the piece of equipment with the smallest buffer (?).
> 
> Anyone have any more information on this?
> 
> --Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com
> 
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