RE: Using TCPWare 5.7 to send e-mail w/attachments from the VAX...

[neil.rieck@xxxxxxx]

I'm not sure if you know about this, but almost all MIME send problems have 
been fixed in TCPware 5.8 (just released last month). One of the features is 
based upon some changes they made to the software but forgot to document in 
their manuals. Let me know if you need more information. On a related note, PSC 
has opened up a blog where people can connect with the developers.

Neil

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From: dmasini [dmasini@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: November 2, 2007 15:11
To: info-tcpware@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Using TCPWare 5.7 to send e-mail w/attachments from the VAX...


I would like to send misc files (example: daily reports, RMS file extracts, 
etc) as attachments from my VAX (VMS 6.2) to either internal or external 
recipients. I am currently testing with TCPWare SMTP (version 5.7) and have 
tried sending myself a flat file using the following DCL command procedure:

$ set noon
$ set noverify
$ mail/foreign $email:coleman.csv /subj="coleman.csv" 
dmasini@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:dmasini@xxxxxxxxx>
$ exit

where:

$email: is the logical for the directory
coleman.csv is the flat file name

The problem is when I receive the e-mail the NAME of the attached file changes 
based on the following:

1) If I DO NOT include a "subj=" then the file name of the attachment is 
ATT9999.DAT (where 9999 is some arbitrary sequence number)...

2) If I DO include a "subj=" (as in /subj="coleman.csv" then the file name of 
the attachment is COLEMAN.CSV.DAT...

3) If I DO include a "subj=" (as in /subj="coleman" then the file name of the 
attachment is COLEMAN.DAT...

Of course I COULD right-mouse click on the attachment and do a "Save as.." 
(either renaming it or removing .DAT extension) but my general users would be 
confused by this. I simply need to make sure it ends up with the correct file 
name as sent (coleman.csv)

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Dave Masini
Mgr - IT
The H. Poll Electric Co.
dmasini@xxxxxxxxx
Ph: 419-255-1660 x107