In  [log in to unmask] writes:

> Does anyone know of a way to send e-mail from the MPE CI Prompt within a
> batch job.
>
>  It would be nice if I could xeq a command like:
>
> :IF FINFO('/Reports/Dailyjobs/xxxrep.txt','Exists') = True
> :   SENDMAIL Envelop=/maillist/thisjobsusers.txt; &
> :                     Text=/msgtxt/thisjobsmsg.txt; &
> :                     Subject="Daily xxx Report attached"; &
> :                     Attach=/Reports/Dailyjobs/xxxrep.txt
> :Endif

<plug alert>

Since Compaq is already a NetMail customer (in Europe at least -not sure
about US?) it's easy in netmail; just one example:

!ECHO SEND THISMSG > infile
!ECHO Daily xxx Report attached >> infile
!PRINT /maillist/thisjobusers.txt >> infile
!ECHO // >> infile
!ECHO EXIT >> infile
!RUN NetMail.sys.threek;stdin=infile

The big advantage netmail has over other solutions is that mail is queued
locally; that is, the other solutions depend on access to a "relay" host
to deliver the mail. If this host is down or not reachable for some reason,
it's up to your job stream/jcl to determine this (if it's possible - depending
upon what kind of status these programs return) and figure out what to do
then. NetMail keeps a local queue and handles retries itself - automatically.
Even if there's a network failure of some sort, your message will get through
as soon as it's back up.

Another plus, is that since NetMail is MIME compliant, it'll automatically
encode any special files you might also want to attach to a message, so if
you wanna send a postscript or pcl report, or even a spreadsheet attached
to the message, NetMail'll encode it appropriately for you.

</plug>

      -Chris Bartram
       3k Associates, Inc.


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