SNDPPDEML3 provides the facility to send an email directly to your SMTP Mail Server. You can type your message text, add up to 26 attachments and address the email to up to 20 recipients. Note: These email will NOT be written to the Cobwebb Queue.

Command Parameters

Originator Email Address (ORGADR)

Enter the email address you wish to appear as the Sender email.

Originator Name (ORGNAM)

Enter the name you wish to appear as the Sender.

Recipient Details (RCPADR)

Enter the email recipients you wish to receive the email. You may enter up to twenty recipients.    

Recipient Type

Enter the type of recipient e.g. TO, CC, BCC - you must have at least one "TO" recipient.

Recipient Address

Enter the email address for the person you wish to receive the email.

Recipient Name

Enter the name of the recipient.

Subject of Email (SUBJCT)

Enter the text you wish to be the subject of your email.        

Email message (MESAGE)

Enter the text you wish to be the email message. If you wish to include more than 1024 bytes of data in your Message or to include carriage returns, then you may specify an HTML or TXT file to use as the message text. You do this by specifying a %FILE parameter in the Message entry e.g. %FILE"/test/message.html" where /test/message.html is the path to the document you wish to use. Note: %FILE must be in uppercase if you wish to use this function.

Attachment Details (ATTMNT)

Enter the details of up to 26 attachments.

Attachment File path and name

Enter path and file name of the attachment if required. E.g. '/QLDS/CPPD/Test.pdf'.

Attachment name if different

Enter an alternate name for the attachment to be used when sending.

Use MSF (USEMSG)

Decide if you wish to use the IBM Mail Server Framework.

SMTP Server Name (SMTPSN)

Enter the name or IP address of your SMTP Mail Server.

SMTP Server Port (SMTPSP)

Enter the port number of your SMTP Mail Server.

SMTP Encryption Type (SMTPEN)

From version 6.2.81. Decide the type of encryption you wish to use to send email.

Return Value (RTNVAL)

The return value from POSTIE3.

Return Status (RTNSTS)

The return status for each recipient.

Additional Parameters

Confirmation Mode (CNFMOD)

Select if you wish to use email confirmation.

Queue Reference (MSGID)

Reference number for the email on the queue.

Authentication User Id (AUUSER)

Authentication User Id.

Authentication Password (AUPWD)

Enter the password for the Authentication User Id.

From codepage (FCODPG)

Enter the From codepage.

To codepage (TCODPG)

Enter the To codepage.

XLate Attachment (XLATT)

Translate Attachment.

Use HTML in msg (UHTML)

Do you wish to use HTML in the message body?

Trim Attachment (TRIM)

Do you wish to Trim your attachment?