Comments on: How to send email through RPG IV or CL?

By: The Most-Watched IT Questions: May 3, 2011 - ITKE Community Blog

The Most-Watched IT Questions: May 3, 2011 - ITKE Community Blog — Tue, 03 May 2011 06:36:22 +0000

[...] 3. CharlieBrowne, TomLiotta, and WoodEngineer shared some insider tips on sending email through RPG IV or CL. [...]

By: woodengineer

woodengineer — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:40:03 +0000

Both Gumbo Software and BVS Tools offer reasonably priced software for the IBM i that does exactly what you need. We have used both tools for many years with good results. In fact, most of our nightly reports are delivered as PDF attachments to e-mail generated with these products directly on the IBM i.

(I have not affiliation with either company. Just a satisfied user).

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:06:27 +0000

Has your system been configured for e-mail? Is the SNA to SMTP bridge configured? Is the SMTP server running?

One minor note:

5.CPYTOIMPF

You probably should be using CPYTOSTMF instead of CPYTOIMPF. The CPYTOIMPF command is intended for database exports, but you are only copying a ‘flat’ file.

Tom

By: charliebrowne

charliebrowne — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:10:00 +0000

Are you getting an error message with the SNDDST?
What is your joblog showing?

By: 22917

22917 — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:24:12 +0000

I have done certain things.I hv listed out those things. 1.Adddire-I have added me in distribution list-user id - “Govindas “ and address – “BWIR” 2.In iseries navigator-I hv created new folder in Root directory-“Govindasas” and in QDLS – “GOVINDAS” 3.Crtpf-I hv copied one spool file to a flatfile named-“FLATF” 4.CPYSPLF-copied my spool file “QPSUPRTF” to my “flatf” 5.CPYTOIMPF-I hv shown the screen –value which I entered … From file: File . . . . . . . . . . . . . > FLATF Name Library . . . . . . . . . . > GOVINDASAS Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB Member . . . . . . . . . . . . *FIRST Name, *FIRST To data base file: File . . . . . . . . . . . . . Name Library . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB Member . . . . . . . . . . . . *FIRST Name, *FIRST To stream file . . . . . . . . . > qdls/GOVINDAS/splf1    this is the folder which I created in iseries navigator Replace or add records . . . . . *ADD *ADD, *REPLACE Stream file code page . . . . . > *PCASCII 1-32767, *STMF, *PCASCII... Record delimiter . . . . . . . . > *CRLF Character value, *EOR... Record format of import file . . *DLM *DLM, *FIXED String delimiter . . . . . . . . '"' Character value, *NONE Field delimiter . . . . . . . . ',' Character value More... 6.i am getting the flatf(Spool file) in IFS-new folder which I created. Is ther still anything I missed out… 7.snddst used,its not working Next wt I hv to do…