Subject: Re: z/VSE-Based Email Client
From: David Stuart (David.Stuart@ventura.org)
Date: Mon Aug 24 2009 - 10:56:03 EDT
Morning Frank, No, you're not mis-understanding. And NJE over IP would probably be the easiest, *if* the State can do it. The State is not known for their willingness to make changes at the request of us lowly Counties... I already have a call in to my contacts to see if this is a viable alternative. Would be much easier than what has been proposed. Thanks, Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 David.Stuart@ventura.org>>> "Frank Swarbrick" <Frank.Swarbrick@efirstbank.com> 8/20/2009 5:44 PM >>> FYI, we use NJE over TCP/IP every day to submit jobs from VSE to z/OS. Well I guess it's NJE. Whatever it is we just put XDEST=ZOS on the JOB JECL card. ZOS is the POWER node for the VSE connection to our production z/OS system. (Creative name, I know.) Not sure this is what the OP is looking for, but it works. And of course you can go the other direction as well. Oh, I guess the OP is looking for just sending the reports. I think there, if you're saying the reports are created on z/OS and you want them transmitted to VSE (is that right?) then you'd just add a DEST= clause to your SYSOUT DD or your OUTPUT card, ie: //REPORT1 DD SYSOUT=H,DEST=DEV this sends the report to our DEV VSE system and places it in class H. Actually they probably already have it set up to do whatever is needed from a job (JCL) perspective. All they need to do is convert the node from being defined as SNA to one defined as TCP/IP. Hope I'm not misunderstanding the requirement... Frank n 8/20/2009 at 11:34 AM, in message <4A8D894C.4040809@vse2pdf.com>, Tony Thigpen<tony@vse2pdf.com> wrote: > z/OS has had NJE via TCP for a LONG time. It's installed as part of the > base. > > Tony Thigpen > > > -----Original Message ----- > From: David Stuart > Sent: 08/20/2009 01:18 PM >> Hi Tony, >> >> That would possibly require installation of software on the State > system(s). Ever tried to get a State agency to install some software at > *your* request? >> >> Now, me having to install software to support new stuff on their end is > an entirely different matter... >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Dave Stuart >> Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst >> County of Ventura, CA >> 805-662-6731 >> David.Stuart@ventura.org>>> "Tony Thigpen" <tony@vse2pdf.com> 8/20/2009 10:15 > AM >>> >> It was Leo that said that there was a program included with the CSI >> stack that is an email client. >> >> What about NJE over TCP/IP as a replacement to the SNA line? >> >> Tony Thigpen >> >> >> -----Original Message ----- >> From: David Stuart >> Sent: 08/20/2009 12:50 PM >>> Morning all, >>> >>> A few days/weeks ago there was a discussion about someone writing a > simple z/VSE-based email client. I tried searching the archives, but they > haven't been working for me, recently. >>> >>> So, was the author ever able to get the email client working? If so, > would it be possible to possibly acquire a copy? >>> >>> A State agency wants to get rid of some old equipment, and that would > cause the loss of an SNA line (yes, an SNA line) where another agency > pushes reports to us via an NJE Link. The proposed solution is to 'drop' > the reports on a Secure FTP Server, and send an email when the reports > are there. Sounds like manual intervention, to me. So if I can > automagically read/process the email, and programmatically kick off the > job to go retrieve it... >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dave >>> >>> P.S. How come, the more advanced the 'web' technologies become, the > more it appears manual intervention is required? Why not FTP directly to > my VSE System? Why the intermediate server and email? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dave Stuart >>> Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst >>> County of Ventura, CA >>> 805-662-6731 >>> David.Stuart@ventura.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA P: 303-235-1403
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