On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:02:47 -0800, Walter Marguccio <walter_marguc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>many of our batch jobs take their input from data sent us >Hello list, many of our batch jobs take their input from data sent us by means of e-mail attachments. Attachments are manually stored on PCs, uploaded to z/OS, then batch starts. This is obviously a manual and error prone process. Therefore I ve been asked to see if it's possible to setup z/OS in order to receive and handle e-mails and their attachments which will eventually feed our batch. Having already SMTP for outbound e-mails, I started from it and, thanks to Steve Comstock's SMTP saga on ibm-main, I've been able to set it up to receive e-mails. But the TSO RECEIVE seems not to be able to handle attachments,unless I missed something. Before reading the many publication on this matter, I would like to ask what would you recommend for this goal. SMTP or sendmail ? Any other valid ISV alternatives ? Any pointer to publications/Redbooks which would help ? Your input is highly appreciated. Walter Marguccio z/OS Systems Programmer BELENUS LOB Informatic GmbH Munich - Germany ______________________ If you have either WPS or SAS Base on z/OS, you can easily send/receive EMAILs (either text-format, HTML- or some others - imbedded in the EMAIL body) and optionally with attachments. Suitable links provided below (mind any URL wrap): WPS - Language Elements reference, search for EMAIL access method: http://teamwpc.co.uk/docs/WPS-Reference-for-Language-Elements.pdf SAS - Sending E-Mail from within SAS Software http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/hosto390/61886/HTML/default/a001412669.htm Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
