Appendix N - Sending E-mails from the AS/400

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In order to get PDF output you need to purchase the PDF module for InterForm400.

InterForm400 ® can be used for sending email using the OS/400 SMTP feature. To email spooled files as attached PDF-files do one of the following:

1)

 

Sending a complete, merged spooled file as an attached PDF file in an E-

 

 

 

mail. For that purpose you would probably use the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APF3812/MRGSPLFPDF command. Refer to page

 

 

 

 

 

 

349 and 410 for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)

 

Send a complete spooled file having a program-generated front page.

 

 

 

The Spooled file must have PAGERANGE(2 n), where n=Any number or

 

 

 

*END.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The e-mail front page must include lines with each of these keywords in

 

 

 

any sequence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pos 20-30 = Keyword:

FROMADR,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROMNAME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOADR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TONAME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBJECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTACH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSG (up to 10 lines can be used).

 

 

 

 

 

Positions from 31 to 286 are used for the value of each keyword - except

 

 

 

MSG. For MSG the text must be placed from position 31 to 106.

 

 

 

 

This is an example of a front page:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*...+....

1....

+

....2....

+....

3....

+....

4....

+....

5....

+....

6....

+....

7....

+...

 

To e-mail adr

. : TOADR

 

kse@intermate.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

 

: TONAME

Kim Egekjaer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

. .

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject . . . . : SUBJECT

This is the e-mail subject

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail text

. . : MSG

 

Up to 10 lines of e-mail text. This is line 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second MSG line

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PDF-file name

. : ATTACH

demo.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From e-mail adr. : FROMADR

kse@intermate.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

. .Name

. .

.

. : FROMNAME

Name of e-mail sender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The spooled file should trigger a function P=Send spooled file as PDF

 

 

 

email in Auto Forms Control and the merged spooled file will then be sent

 

 

 

as an attached PDF file.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refer to page 152 for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)

 

Splitting the spooled file into parts for e.g. each customer, inserting e.g.

 

 

 

information from the spooled file into the subject or contents of the E-mail

 

 

 

or even into the name of the attached PDF file. This is done by use of an

 

 

 

E-mail finishing definition. Refer to page 195 for more information.

 

Setup of SMTP

The created E-mails can be sent out from the AS/400 either directly from the AS/400 or through a mail server. These are the commands, that you

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