"Scott Barry" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<listserv%[email protected]>... > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:26:29 +0100, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >"Scott Barry" <[email protected]> wrote in message > >news:<listserv%[email protected]>... > >> On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:02:47 -0800, Walter Marguccio > >> <[email protected]> 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. > >> > > > >Scott, > > > >The question was how to receive email and attachements on z/OS. From > >your link to SAS I only see how to send email. Is it possible to receive > >email and attachements with SAS? > > > >Kees. > > My apologies. Wrong data-direction. > > So, given your post and the follow-up (getting the attachment on z/OS is > what's important), most job scheduler agents have a "dataset/file" trigger > feature which can be used to automatically submit a defined batch job when a > file arrives on the z/OS system. > > Scott Barry
Yes, we use this for files arriving via FTP. But the first question was: how do I get the file, which is an email attachement, to arrive on z/OS? I am not the OP, but also interested in the subject. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
