If all you need is a way for a job to send a message when it finishes,
look into mailnm (or mailcm) at Telamon's site:

  ftp://ftp.telamon.com/mpe_freeware/

It's simple, and the price is right.

Thomas M. Root
Desert Schools Federal Credit Union
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:01:36 -0600, Gordon Montgomery <[log in to unmask]>
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>Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>I really hate the MPE telnet client!
>
>I'm beginning to really understand that sentiment.
>
<< Snip >>
>
>Thanks, that worked.  Now I want to be able to run telnet from a job,
>and I see from the archives that it isn't possible.  I'm not sure I want
>to tackle installing perl and using the perl routine you posted ( what I
>don't know about unix could fill volumes! ), I just want a job to email
>a short note when it finishes.
>
>Anyway, thanks for your help.
>
>
>Gordon Montgomery
>Living Scriptures, Inc
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