Rahul,
You might as well ask how to eat an apple without consuming any fruit. GXS is a VAN. If you want to pick up X12 from them, then you would connect to the VAN, where the X12 would be waiting for you. If you want to pick up X12 sent to GXS without contracting with GXS as your VAN, then you have many choices. Nearly all VANs interconnect, that is to say, if you subscribe to the services of another VAN, e.g. Sterling, Inovis, or my favorite, Softshare, then have that VAN retrieve messages sent to you by somebody who subscribes to GXS as their VAN (or any other VAN, for that matter), the interconnect system will result in your X12 and EDIFACT traffic being forwarded to the VAN to which you subscribe. It's kind of like email. Your friend uses MSN.com to send you an email, and MSN knows to forward your email to TransactionExchange.com for you to read it. So, if your trading partner uses GXS and you use XYZ, then XYZ notifies GXS to send all your traffic, identified by your ISA sender/receiver ID, to them at XYZ and they place it in your mailbox. Hope this helps. Art Douglas Lead <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ediproartdouglas%20> Consultant Blackwater Network (877) 464-8915 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rahul Naik Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] GXS connectivity Hi All, Does any one know how to attain connectivity with GXS without using a VAN. I'd like to connect to GXS on behalf of my client and import POs (and export ASNs and Invoices). I can generate the required Identifier for my client - but how do I connect to GXS and pick-up/deposit the relevant X.12 documents? Thanks in advance. Rahul Naik. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
