SMTP-Send for z/OS and OS/390

SMTP-Send^TM • The power of e-mail distribution from z/OS and OS/390

Easily integrate e-mail distribution capabilities into your z/OS and OS/390 Batch, TSO and CICS applications

Functional Overview

In today's highly competitive business environment information technology is expected to deliver improved service and a competitive advantage by communicating information quickly to customers, suppliers, employees and others. It is no longer acceptable, for example, to print out reports and manually distribute them when you can send them electronically. And since e-mail is not only more flexible than fax, but is now also as ubiquitous as the telephone, people increasingly prefer to receive information in that format.

SMTP-Send lets you easily send information by e-mail directly from existing CICS, TSO and batch processes to recipients on your intranet as well as out on the Internet. Your applications and operations staff can quickly begin mail-enabling your line of business and operations processes from within the 'glass house' without getting lost in arcane protocols such as TCP/IP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, LDAP, MIME, etc. Since all the processing takes place on the z/OS or OS/390 platform you don't need to learn about PC or UNIX-based mail systems. Your operations staff can control the processing using familiar tools and procedures.

SMTP-Send is a one-way communications process from z/OS and OS/390 to the outside world. By positioning your mainframe SMTP server behind the corporate firewall you preserve system integrity.

SMTP-Send lets you benefit from new technology and from new ways of doing business while preserving your investments in current systems.

Applications

distribute reports, statements, invoices, statuses, confirmations, etc.
notify users when applications complete or fail
send messages to pagers, cellphones or fax gateways

Highlights

mail-enable z/OS and OS/390 line-of-business applications
send e-mail from MVS batch and TSO/ISPF with no programming required
send to users, applications, pagers, telephones and more...
directly callable from any application
easy-to-use API for CICS applications
send sequential, PDS, PDS/E and HFS data sets as attachments
direct connection to all SMTP-compliant e-mail systems including Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Exchange via TCP/IP
replaces outbound functionality of IBM's SMTP Server reading SMTP formatted input directly from the JES Spool, but faster
e-mail address lookup and translation exits
validate addresses and look up distribution lists in external directories using LDAP
- control who can send e-mail and to whom
NLS enabled for easy translation into languages other than English
simple to install, configure and administer
send rich-text forms and structured correspondence using the HTML Mail Merge feature
convert attacments into Portable Document Format (PDF) format
compress attached files using built-in ZIP compression (Batch only)
easily send an end-of-job e-mail notification with a customizable summary of completion status for each step (Batch only)
log each outgoing email message to SMF, CICS journal or sequential dataset.

Benefits

respond quickly to your customers and business partners
users and application programmers are insulated from arcane e-mail protocols
preserves your investments in existing line-of-business applications
uses industry-standard e-mail protocols
enhanced security
easy to install and use

Environment

any IBM-supported release of z/OS or OS/390
- MVS/Batch
- TSO/ISPF
- CICS

Free, No Obligation, 30-Day Evaluation • Call (905) 940-9373 ext 511 • E-mail

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SMTP-Send Documentation
You can download fixes for SMTP-Send via FTP at FTP.TBSSOFT.COM/SMTPSEND/FIXES

SMTP-Send Brochure

SMTP-Send Presentation

Session S2931 - July 27, 2000

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