RE: Questions about sending e-mails using SNDDST

["Mark A. Manske" <mmanske@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Short answer - yes there are better ways - but you need software.

Using the snddst gets your feet wet, it is very limited, there are
API's to do the same thing if you want to go that route, there are
also packages available from various people on this list; as well as
from companies that are much larger.  There may even be some "share-ware"
out there.

I currently do use the snddst option here, as I have not had the need
to go any further "at this time", I have not had to pursue more robust
solutions.
As for most of the questions you have, the answer is
that is the restrictions/way the command works.


You can do a wrkdstq, to view e-mails waiting, but the system is rather
odd in how/when it shows these things (could be much better - but remember,
what you are doing is included "free" in the O/S)


HTH
Mark A. Manske


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From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Richard
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 2:58 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Questions about sending e-mails using SNDDST


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I am running V5R1 and have been playing around with the SNDDST command
and it appears to work fine
with some limitations or I am missing something.

Can anyone verify the following about using SNDDST:

When using TYPE=*DOC to attach a document to my e-mail, I cannot furnish
a subject to the e-mail?
It puts the attached file name in the subject line automatically.
When using TYPE=*DOC I can only attach a single document to the e-mail?
When using TYPE=*DOC I cannot attach a document that is in the IFS
(document must be in QDLS)
When using TYPE=*DOC the document name cannot exceed 10 characters?
When I start STRTCPSVR for STMP my system performance drops noticeably
At one point in my setting up my system I had a problem where my e-mails
were not being sent out, I could not find
a way to display the e-mails that were queued up waiting to be sent.
Once I fixed the setup problem all the e-mails
were sent ok. Is there a way to set all the e-mails that are waiting to
be sent?

Is there another method to send email from the iSeries that would allow
me to do the above mentioned items?


Thanks in advance for your help with my questions.

Richard