InterForm Manual - System & Method

3. Configure email
With this option (within the configuration menu) you setup how InterForm400 should send email
if needed. It offers the possibility so use normal OS400 SMTP or InterForm400 SMTP:
(The contents of the screen depends on the e-mail mode you select. Here all possible texts
are displayed.)
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Configure email SMP400D
Email recovery subsystem : MAILINTER
Library . . . . . . . : APF3812
Email mode . . . . . . . . 2 1=IBM SMTP, 2=InterForm SMTP
3=InterForm SMTP (register only)
Automatic recovery
Delay before retry . . . . 3 1-120 minutes
Number of retries . . . 1 0-99
Delay before retry . . . . 30 1-120 minutes
Number of retries . . . 1 0-99
Email gateway blank=no email gateway
Host or ip address . . . .
Port . . . . . . . . . . . 1-65535, blank=default port (25)
BlueSeries integration
Use when possible . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No
Note:
Subsystem MAILINTER must be active to enable automatic recovery.
F3=Exit F10=Start MAILINTER subsystem F12=Cancel
Subsystem MAILINTER not active - press F10 to start.
The options are these:
Email mode: 1=IBM SMTP: This is the default value and will make e-mailing from
InterForm400 to run as in pre 2007 versions. This makes InterForm400 send
out via OS400 SMTP and MSF servers. This requires that the SMTP and MSF
servers are setup correctly and are running. Refer to Appendix N on page
503 for more information of how to do that.
2=InterForm SMTP: Use the InterForm400 SMTP instead of the IBM SMTP.
It requires that the MAILINTER subsystem is running and that the System i is
able to reach internet to e-mail itself or via the E-mail gateway.
3=InterForm SMTP (register only): All e-mails sent from InterForm400 are
not sent immediately but only registered. This can e.g. be used for testing.
You can then at a later time (e.g. at night where the bandwidth is most
probably not used) send all pending e-mails with the command
APF3812/SNDMAILS. You can view the registered mails via the
APF3812/WRKMAILLOG command.
Automatic
recovery: This is only relevant for InterForm SMTP. Here you setup the delay to use for
the first retries (if the receiving mail server e.g. cannot be found) and the delay
for additional retries.
With the setup above InterForm400 will try to send the e-mail and then retry
twice with a 3 minute delay. Then wait 30 minutes and then try once again. If
still not found the e-mail will end up with status *FAILED in the mail log.
Email
Gateway: This is only used for InterForm400 SMTP. If you state a gateway this will be
used as an external mail server for InterForm400. If you leave this field blank
the System i must be able to reach the internet itself.