Sorry Kees, This is just a suggestion, I realize it is moving off the toppic. What I would attempt in this case is to share a disk/file with nfs, mount it in windows and save the files sent by email on it. The files would then be immediately be available for use by the z/OS system?
2010/1/21 Walter Marguccio <walter_marguc...@yahoo.com> > 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 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
