Comments on: Email Overlays from AS400 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/email-overlays-from-as400/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:50:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/email-overlays-from-as400/#comment-91338 tomliotta Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:09:33 +0000 #comment-91338 SNDDST is not appropriate for anything but plain text files. I suppose it’s technically possible to use SNDDST if you do the appropriate MIME encoding for a non-text attachment and set all appropriate MIME headers, but I don’t of anyone who has done it.

If you ever need anything but plain text, you need to install either a product or one of the downloadable utilities for SMTP e-mail. SMTP does not allow anything printable text to be sent. Non-text attachments must be encoded into a form such as base-64 encoding and wrapped with headers before they can be sent and received through SMTP.

A spooled file containing logos, other images or any non-text control characters cannot be sent directly. That’s just the way SMTP works. If you use a text editor (e.g., Notepad) on a PC to open any SMTP e-mail that has non-text attachments, you’ll see examples of what must be done before those attachments can be sent.

Tom

]]> By: ronkoontz http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/email-overlays-from-as400/#comment-91308 ronkoontz Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:02:42 +0000 #comment-91308 all special page breaks and formating is lost when converting spool files to txt files. I use a PDF printer to print to, creates a name and send an email…

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