I have some code we wrote long ago that is an external writer type interface. It reads sysout from JES2 spool, and writes it to a dataset (the particulars don't really matter for my question).
We're now being asked to write something which can do RECEIVE of e-mail sent in through SMTP for a particular "user" (we've mostly been ignoring any mail sent in that way, primarily using SMTP for outbound traffic). Since we don't want to schedule a RECEIVE command every 'n' minutes, to have some large portion of them be non-productive, my thought was to use a version of this external writer code - to "merely" wait on the ECB for when SYSOUT is available for this particular class of output (and for the user ID, if I can), then (in one way or another) invoke something to do the RECEIVE. I can't remember, however, if the IEFSSREQ macro enqueues the SYSOUT dataset, or if that happens when you dynamically allocate it (which wouldn't be done by this task in this case, but by the invoked RECEIVE command). So, I'm looking for the collective wisdom of the group: will I shoot myself in the foot, if I do the following sequence: 1. Issue IEFSSREQ 2. Wait on ECB to indicate SYSOUT is available 3. Issue START command for an STC to do the RECEIVE 4. Loop to 2 until a STOP or CANCEL is issued. Step 3 is the part I think will have problems. I'd ask for opinions - but I know I'm going to get them anyway. Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation Tel: +1 (850) 414-4209 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
