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Table of Contents
iMail Server Configuration
The main iMail menu appears below:
IMAIL iMail Menu 6.86 06.30.16
iMail Administration
1. Configure iMail CFGMAIL
2. Work with Log WRKMAILLOG
3. Work with Users WRKMAILDST
4. Work with Groups WRKMAILGRP
5. Work with Administration WRKMAILADM
iMail Functions
10. Work with Spooled Files WRKSPLINF
11. Send Database File SNDDBF
12. Send Email Message SNDMAIL
Configure iMail Server
21. Work with iMail Server WRKMAILSVR
22. Start iMail Server STRMAILSVR
23. End iMail Server ENDMAILSVR
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Selection
F1=Help F3=Exit F12=Cancel
The iMail server is the process that searches defined output queues for spool file and establishes the rules for automatically emailing spool files. In this way spool files can be sent transparently without any user intervention.
The way that the iMail Server works is that if a spool file hits an out queue and that spool file has the targeted attributes, be it a specific form type, user data or spool file name, the spool file then is processed and emailed. Otherwise, if the spool file not meet any of the required processing attributes, the spool file is ignored.
Work with iMail Server
The first step in setting up your forms for automatic email distribution is to define the iMail Server. The iMail server is really a data queue engine. Selecting option 21, Work with iMail Server, subsequently displays the screen in below Work with Server Maintenance. Here you would define server entries.
Option 1 to modify an existing entry, Option 4 to delete an existing entry, or F6 to add a new entry.
The server name should not have any embedded spaces. Enter a meaningful description to identify the server.
7/07/16 IM2100C1
09:42:22 Server Maintenance QSECOFR
Type options, press Enter.
1=Select 4=Delete
Opt Server Description
IMAIL iMail OUTQ monitor
Bottom
F3=Exit F6=Add
Press enter to continue.
From this point an existing email server application definition can be modified using an option one. Otherwise, choosing F6 can create a new definition.
The next screen, iMail Server Detail Maintenance, illustrates the screen that defines rules for processing a spool file. Here you would first define the Archive output queue to archive the original spool file, and the data queue to be used.
Then define the monitored output queues, the trigger type (Spooled file attribute), the trigger value (Spooled file value), the attachment type, and the desired email address or distribution group. Details are provided below.
The F7 command key will provide any the Distribution List for prompting.
The F11 command key allows you to add a email subject line to each entry.
7/07/16 IM2100C3
09:51:23 Server Maintenance QSECOFR
Server. . . . . . . . . . : IMAIL Archive Out Queue. . . . : ARCOUTQ
Description: iMail OUTQ monitor Library. . . . . . . . . : IMAIL30
Data Queue. . . . . . . . : Library. . . . . . . . :
Originating Spool
Library Out Attr Spool Format Email To Address
Queue F4=List Value F4=List F4=List F7=Distribution List
QGPL DEMOOUTQ F *STD *PDF you@yourdomain.com
Subject line using the F11=Toggle Mail Subject command key
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F3=Exit F11=Toggle Mail Subject F12=Previous
Press enter to continue.
Essentially, the email application definition will process, convert and subsequently email spool files that meet specific criteria. According the definition above any spool files that are sent to the out queue DEMOOUTQ and have a form type of *STD will be converted to *PDF format and sent to the email address associated with the spooled file’s user profile using the Subject specified. Once the conversion has been completed the spool file will remain in the originating out queue, or if an archive out queue has been specified that spool file will be moved to that archive out queue.
Within the colum entitled 'Spool Attr', a one character value may be placed here to designate the specific spooled file attribute. The character codes and corresponding spool attributes are listed in the table below:
| Code | Spooled File Attribute |
| F | Spooled file Form Type |
| I | Spooled file User Name |
| J | Spooled file Job Name |
| P | Spooled file name |
| U | Spooled file User Data |
The majority of the values required for entries in the screen above are self explanatory, but for a few, while other prompts may receive special values, usually preceded with an asterisk, entered that are not intuitive.
The prompt for the attachment type column may accept the following values as described in the table below:
- *HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
- *RTF Rich Text Format
- *PDF Portable Document Format
- *TXT Text
- *FCFC Ansi Forms Control
- *PRTCTL Print Control
- *XLS Microsoft Excel
The last column, Email to Address, of course may accept a fully qualified email addresses. But that’s not all. Additionally, a distribution list may be entered in this prompt that will be interpreted as multiple email recipients. Distribution lists were described earlier in the manual
The same prompt, Email to Address, will also accept special values:
- *USERNAME - The key word here, as the name implies, retrieves the user profile from the spooled file. Once extracted the value is compared to a matching user record in the public distribution list sending the spooled file to the user profile’s email address.
- *SMTPNAME - Similarly, if *SMTPNAME is specified as the target, this would take the user profile of the spool file owner, retrieve the smtp address associated with that profile in the system directory (the SMTP name), and use that email address as the target address.
Start iMail Server
Selecting this option will submit the program to run in batch through a specified batch queue. As shown below, the default job queue associated with the engine is QBATCH. Changing this default to another job queue will either run the job through another subsystem or class.
Start iMail Server (STRMAILSVR)
Type choices, press Enter.
iMail Server . . . . . . . . . . IMAIL Character value
iMail Job Queue . . . . . . . . QBATCH Character value
Enter the iMail server name and the iMail server job queue to route the server.
End iMail Server
Selecting this item ends the email monitor.