Yes. That’s the way I’ve done and it works fine.
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 4:20 PM Jackson, Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds right to me, but in REXX, I've always just done the following: > > "ALLOC FI(MAIL) SYSOUT(B) WRITER(SMTP) LRECL(80) RECFM(F)" > > Then open, write to it, close it, and free it; repeat. > > First Horizon Bank > Mainframe Technical Support > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Charles Mills > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 4:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Looking for clarification/guidance on SMTP DD FREE/SPIN > > [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening > attachments.] > > I am designing a long-running Rexx program that will from time to time > generate an e-mail via the SMTP server. The idea is to allocate a DD > SYSOUT=(B,SMTP) and write the SMTP commands to it. I've never done that > before so I have some questions: > > - Am I correct in my assumption that I will have to "spin" the dataset > before the SMTP server will pick it up? > - Assuming Yes to the first question, am I correct (a.) that > FREE=CLOSE,SPIN=UNALLOC on the DD will get the records over to SMTP on > EXECIO (FINIS; but that (b.) at that point the DD "no longer exists" -- > that I will get an error if I try to open it again? (Recall the program is > "long-running" and needs to generate multiple e-mails "from time to time." > They need to go out more or less as created, not in a big batch later on.) > - Not a huge deal if so, I guess. I can use BPXWDYN to allocate my DD > again and again rather than JCL. Anyone have any better ideas? > > Thanks. Outside-the-above-box suggestions cheerfully considered. I'm > pretty much set on Rexx, e-mails, and "long-running with multiple e-mails > from time to time" but will consider other possibilities. > > Charles > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > Confidentiality notice: > This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally > privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended > recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this > message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately > notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Politics: Poli (many) - tics (blood sucking parasites) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
