NetSend*400
is an
application that provides the ability to send SMTP mail
messages from the AS/400 to any SMTP server application. NetSend
incorporates its own SMTP client software and does not require any SMTP or
POP3 software support on the AS/400. With NetSend
you can send email
messages to any recipient that supports receiving SMTP/MIME mail messages.
This includes many popular email applications such as Netscape, Lotus Notes,
Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, Eudora, ExpressIT 2000, and many others.
NetSend
supports
attaching AS/400 database and file objects to a mail message. You can attach
a database file, source file member, save file, QDLS document, or IFS file
to a message. NetSend will attach the AS/400 file as a MIME attachment.
You can specify the file name and extension that the recipient will see.
Additionally, if the attached file is in a binary format, NetSend
will
use Base64 encoding to guarantee SMTP/MIME mail compatibility. You can
specify a single attachment to any message.
NetSend
also supports
attaching spool file reports and send to SMTP addresses. Spool file reports
are converted to ASCII plain text and attached to messages.
NetSend
provides
Interactive, Command, and Application Program Interfaces to send mail
messages. This gives you complete flexibility in the way you send messages.
You can provide your end users with the interactive interface to let them
send messages from their terminals. If you want to incorporate email
capability in your existing or new applications, you can use the mail APIs
provided by NetSend. And you can use the NETSEND command to send email
from a command interface. All of the interfaces support sending messages
with attachments.
NetSend
provides two
means of defining a message you want to send. You can enter up to 15 lines
of message text for a simple message. Or, you can provide the name of a file
containing a mail message with up to 9,999 lines of text. The simple message
will probably provide enough lines for most email messages. If you need to
enter more lines of text, or your applications need to provide messages with
dynamic content, you can place the message in a file and specify the file
name on the NetSend interface.
System
Requirements
NetSend
runs on any RISC or iServer version of the AS/400 from V3R7M0 or later. It does not require any other
IBM software products to be installed. Since SMTP mail is based on the
TCP/IP communications protocol, you must configure and start TCP/IP before
you use NetSend. However, you do not need to configure and start the
SMTP or POP3 servers on the AS/400.
To send email messages NetSend
connects with an SMTP mail server and initiates the SMTP mail
send protocol. This means that your AS/400 must have local or network access
to an SMTP mail server application. This can be any SMTP mail server such as
Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, Infinite Technologies Interchange, UNIX
mail, an Internet Service Provider (ISP) mail application, NetMail*400’s
SMTP Server or the IBM SMTP mail server on the AS/400. NetSend
is
compatible with any SMTP mail server that follows the RFC rules for SMTP
servers.
