Re: Messages to multiple msgq's?

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

fbocch2595 wrote:
> So, there's no way to have another user read or be sent the messages from another users msgq?  

fbocch:

One simple way is to have a special message queue that receives all 
such messages. Start a never-ending program that receives messages 
from that queue and sends them on to whomever is set to be the 
actual recipient.

Now, the rerouting can be done in various ways, e.g., the program 
could simply retrieve a data area and send to the message queue 
named there. Or, instead of 'sending a message', send a network 
message with SNDNETMSG.

An advantage of SNDNETMSG is that it can send to a distribution list 
rather than directly to a named message queue. A distribution list 
can have entries added to it or removed from it as needed. Multiple 
recipients can be specified.

The recipients can be on the same system or they can be on remote 
AS/400s as long as the SNA/DS routing is set up.

Distribution lists have started to be forgotten, but they can be 
extremely handy under the right circumstances.

Tom Liotta