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DHL_MF_INFY · Beginner Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 11 Topics: 7

Hi,
at present we are using TAO as a mail server on our mainframe to access mails. There are some cobol programs which use TAO APIs to read mails and process them. Because of increasing load on TAO server we want to read mails directly from the Microsoft Exchange server which is not on mainframe. Can anybody please suggest us the architecture for the same. The basic idea is to read the mails and put them on mainframe in a dataset. Any mainframe/ non-mainframe technology can be used for the same. But we dont want to use FTP in any way.

Thanks.

Phantom · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:20 am Post subject:

DHL_MF_INFY,

Your question has no relevance to the Thread "Mainframe Challenge". Kindly post your questions in appropriate threads so that it will be easy to maintain and track.

Thanks,
Phantom

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

The CONNECT:Direct family of products from Sterling Commerce

www.stercomm.com

has a feature that allows a version of CONNECT:Direct to reside of the Exchange Server that will process any email messages directed to it. The messages and/or attachments can then be transmitted to another CONNECT:Direct node, such as one on your mainframe.

DHL_MF_INFY · Beginner Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 11 Topics: 7

Other than using CONNECT: Direct, is there any way of extracting emails from POP3 exchange server using some APIs directly within the cobol program?

We'd appreciate any pointers whatsover.

Thanks!

kolusu · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:09 pm Post subject:

DHL_MF_INFY · Beginner Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 11 Topics: 7

We are definitely considering that as 2nd alternative (to extract the emails and send them to Mainframe environment through MQ channel)

But we also wanted to explore the option of a direct interface with POP3 server ( I mean if we could pull out the emails directly into TSO datasets using some APIs).

We just want to find out whether this is feasable or not.