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sakrat

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:51 pm
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Hi Please find the code below, I get an empty CSV file attachment mail. can some one please correct the code if any thing is wrong.

Code:


//SENDMAIL EXEC PGM=IEBGENER,
//             COND=(0,NE)
//SYSPRINT  DD   SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN     DD   DUMMY
//SYSOUT    DD   SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT1    DD   DSN=***.****.CNTRL.EMAIL,
//                DISP=SHR
//          DD  DSN=***.******.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC,
//         DISP=SHR
//SYSUT2    DD  SYSOUT=(B,SMTP)



***.****.CNTRL.EMAIL Contains below :

Code:


HELO ***
MAIL FROM: <***.***@*****.COM>
RCPT TO: <****.******@****.COM>
DATA
FROM: <*** TEAM>
SUBJECT: CONTROL-M DOCUMENTATION
MIME-VERSION: 1.0
CONTENT-TYPE: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="SIMPLE-BOUNDARY"

--SIMPLE-BOUNDARY
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN

PLEASE FIND THE ATTACHED CONTROL-M DOCUMENT.

 --SIMPLE-BOUNDARY
 CONTENT-TYPE: MULTIPART/MIXED;
 CONTENT-DISPOSITION: ATTACHMENT; FILENAME="CONTRL-M_DOCUMENT.CSV"



***.******.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC has the data that has to come in the CSV formmated excel.


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:14 pm
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You don't seem to have a TO:<.....> field?

but also, check the order and presence of the lines. My version works for me...
Code:
MIME-VERSION: 1.0                                                 
CONTENT-TYPE: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="SIMPLE BOUNDARY"         
                                                                 
--SIMPLE BOUNDARY                                                 
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN                                         
CONTENT-DISPOSITION: INLINE                                       
                                                                 
Attached, please find the required .csv file for your attention. 
                                                                 
NOTICE:                                                           
This e-mail (including any attachment) is confidential and       
is intended solely for the addressee. Please delete this         
and any attachments if you are not the intended recipient.       
                                                                 
--SIMPLE BOUNDARY                                                 
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN                                         
CONTENT-DISPOSITION: ATTACHMENT; FILENAME=GARRY.CSV
                                                                 
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=GARRY.CSV               
.
QUIT
                                                           


you seem to be missing the CONTENT-DISPOSITION: INLINE

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:40 pm
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Garry Carroll wrote:
You don't seem to have a TO:<.....> field?


// DD DISP=SHR,DSN=GARRY.CSV
.
QUIT
[/code]

you seem to be missing the CONTENT-DISPOSITION: INLINE

Garry.


Garry, Why is that we need to mention the DD and DSN here because i have already included in the data to be attached in the file name : ***.******.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC in the code above.....?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:48 pm
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My understanding is that the file name you give in the control cards dataset DSN=***.******.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC ( i.e. FILENAME="CONTRL-M_DOCUMENT.CSV" ) is the name to be given to the e-mail attachment by the SMTP server. The SMTP server has to access the actual z/OS dataset from JCL in order to include it.

You could have z/OS dataset ABC.CSV attached as XYZ.CSV, for example.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:53 pm
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Garry Carroll wrote:
My understanding is that the file name you give in the control cards dataset DSN=***.******.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC ( i.e. FILENAME="CONTRL-M_DOCUMENT.CSV" ) is the name to be given to the e-mail attachment by the SMTP server. The SMTP server has to access the actual z/OS dataset from JCL in order to include it.

You could have z/OS dataset ABC.CSV attached as XYZ.CSV, for example.

Garry.


You mean that the file name and the DSN name should be same.....?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:58 pm
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No. What I mean is that the JCL must contain the file (DSN=??) you've prepared on z/OS but the attachment name, given in the FILENAME='.....' control card can be entirely different and is the name the e-mail recipient will see.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:48 pm
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I have found SMTP on z/OS to be EXTREMELY sensitive to the format and location of the control statements. If what you have isn't working, you will most likely need to experiment -- CONTENT-DISPOSITION and CONTENT-TYPE need to match the data file data, for example.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:32 pm
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Robert Sample wrote:
I have found SMTP on z/OS to be EXTREMELY sensitive to the format and location of the control statements. If what you have isn't working, you will most likely need to experiment -- CONTENT-DISPOSITION and CONTENT-TYPE need to match the data file data, for example.



What do you mean by content-disposition and content-type need to match the data file data...I changed the code and now the RC is zero but I sm not getting any mail....
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:36 pm
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Garry Carroll wrote:
No. What I mean is that the JCL must contain the file (DSN=??) you've prepared on z/OS but the attachment name, given in the FILENAME='.....' control card can be entirely different and is the name the e-mail recipient will see.

Garry.

I tried the code the way you have written but now I am not getting any mail and the return code is zero. ..
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:27 am
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A CSV file will NOT be "multipart/mixed" -- that phrase should occur one time at the beginning of the email definition. CSV files are PLAIN/TEXT.

As I said, you really have to experiment depending upon what you are attempting to do -- and you may have to run a dozen or more tests to get the results you want.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:33 pm
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Hi,

Changed the code as mentioned,and still I am getting empty email attachment when using SMTP
Please see the JCL used below:


Code:


//SENDMAIL EXEC PGM=IEBGENER,
//             COND=(0,NE)
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT1   DD   DSN=***.****.CNTRL.EMAIL,DISP=SHR
//         DD   DSN=***.****.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC,DISP=SHR
//SYSUT2   DD   SYSOUT=(B,SMTP)



***.****.CNTRL.EMAIL has contents below :

Code:

 
HELO ***
MAIL FROM: <***.***@***.COM>
RCPT TO: <***.***@***.COM>
DATA
FROM: <*** TEAM>
TO: < *** TEAM>
SUBJECT: CONTROL-M DOCUMENTATION
MIME-VERSION: V1.0
CONTENT-TYPE: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="SIMPLE BOUNDARY"

--SIMPLE BOUNDARY
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN
CONTENT-DISPOSITION: INLINE

PLEASE FIND THE ATTACHED CONTROL-M DOCUMENT.

NOTICE:
THIS EMAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL

--SIMPLE BOUNDARY
CONTENT-TYPE:TEXT/PLAIN;
CONTENT-DISPOSITION: ATTACHMENT; FILENAME=CNTRL-M DOC.CSV



Kindly help me in solving this issue, I tried all the ways as far as i know but nothing is working and i still get an empty CSV file as attachment.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:56 pm
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Where are the required
Code:
.
QUIT
?

My previous post was of a working e-mail with attachment.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:59 pm
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Still the same issue even after adding QUIT

Code:


HELO ***
MAIL FROM: <***.***@***.COM>
RCPT TO: <***.***@***.COM>
DATA
FROM: <*** TEAM>
TO: < *** TEAM>
SUBJECT: CONTROL-M DOCUMENTATION
MIME-VERSION: V1.0
CONTENT-TYPE: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="SIMPLE BOUNDARY"

--SIMPLE BOUNDARY
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN
CONTENT-DISPOSITION: INLINE

PLEASE FIND THE ATTACHED CONTROL-M DOCUMENT.

NOTICE:
THIS EMAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL

--SIMPLE BOUNDARY
CONTENT-TYPE:TEXT/PLAIN;
CONTENT-DISPOSITION: ATTACHMENT; FILENAME=CNTRL-M DOC.CSV
.
QUIT



I get the attachment but is empty excel....
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:05 pm
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Can you show content of the z/OS dataset? Does it look like a .csv file?

The
Code:
.
QUIT 
lines have to be concatenated after the z/OS dataset JCL statement.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:14 pm
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Garry Carroll wrote:
Can you show content of the z/OS dataset? Does it look like a .csv file?

The
Code:
.
QUIT 
lines have to be concatenated after the z/OS dataset JCL statement.

Garry.


content of the dataset that has to be sent as attachment

Code:


***.***.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC

NEW,***JOBS,JOBNAME,TABNAME,JOB DESCRIPTION,WORKING DAYS



earlier i had dataset in two lines the first line same as above and the second being the subset of the first doesnt have comma, so i tried removing the second line and ran even then it dint work out....

Old dataset format of records :

NEW,***JOBS,JOBNAME,TABNAME,JOB DESCRIPTION,WORKING DAYS
JOB1 CONT OF DESC
JOB2
JOB3

where JOB1, JOB2 and JOB3 being present under JOBNAME and continuation of the JOB Description will be in second line....

Also I tried giving the . and QUIT after concatenating the dataset containing records, but i am getting error for that....
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Well, the z/OS dataset looks OK.

Quote:
Also I tried giving the . and QUIT after concatenating the dataset containing records, but i am getting error for that....


Can you show how you concatenated the . & QUIT and what the result was?

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:31 pm
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Well, the z/OS dataset looks OK.

Quote:
Also I tried giving the . and QUIT after concatenating the dataset containing records, but i am getting error for that....


Can you show how you concatenated the . & QUIT and what the result was?

Garry.


Here is the code below :

Code:


//SENDMAIL EXEC PGM=IEBGENER,
//             COND=(0,NE)
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT2   DD   SYSOUT=(B,SMTP)
//SYSUT1   DD   *
HELO ***
MAIL FROM: <***.***@***.COM>
RCPT TO: <***.***@***.COM>
DATA
FROM: <*** TEAM>
TO: < DEV TEAM>
SUBJECT: CONTROL-M DOCUMENTATION
MIME-VERSION: V1.0
CONTENT-TYPE: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="SIMPLE BOUNDARY"

--SIMPLE BOUNDARY
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN
CONTENT-DISPOSITION: INLINE

PLEASE FIND THE ATTACHED CONTROL-M DOCUMENT.

NOTICE:
THIS EMAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL


--SIMPLE BOUNDARY
CONTENT-TYPE:TEXT/PLAIN;
CONTENT-DISPOSITION: ATTACHMENT; FILENAME=CONTROL-M DOCUMENT.CSV
//         DD   DSN=***.****.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC,DISP=SHR
.
QUIT




and the error is :



DATA SET UTILITY - GENERATE
.
IEB344I WARNING- INVALID STATEMENT LABEL
IEB339I COMMAND MISSING PRECEDING COL.71
QUIT
IEB339I COMMAND MISSING PRECEDING COL.71



the return code is 12 and the above error is obtained from SYSPRINT.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:36 pm
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You should have :

Code:
//         DD   DSN=***.****.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC,DISP=SHR
//         DD * 
.
QUIT


The . and QUIT are not JCL statements, therefore the error messages.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:28 pm
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Garry Carroll wrote:
You should have :

Code:
//         DD   DSN=***.****.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC,DISP=SHR
//         DD * 
.
QUIT


The . and QUIT are not JCL statements, therefore the error messages.

Garry



I changed and ran the code now i get conflicting DCB parameters like


IEB352I WARNING: ONE OR MORE OF THE OUTPUT DCB PARMS COPIED FROM INPUT
IEB311I CONFLICTING DCB PARAMETERS
IEB311I CONFLICTING DCB PARAMETERS


the record length of the dataset ***.***.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC is 141 and then the MIME version everything i give inside DD *, how is that it is showing conflicting DCB parameters....?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:30 pm
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Swathi Muralidharan wrote:
Garry Carroll wrote:
You should have :

Code:
//         DD   DSN=***.****.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC,DISP=SHR
//         DD * 
.
QUIT


The . and QUIT are not JCL statements, therefore the error messages.

Garry



I changed and ran the code now i get conflicting DCB parameters like


IEB352I WARNING: ONE OR MORE OF THE OUTPUT DCB PARMS COPIED FROM INPUT
IEB311I CONFLICTING DCB PARAMETERS
IEB311I CONFLICTING DCB PARAMETERS


the record length of the dataset ***.***.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC is 141 and then the MIME version everything i give inside DD *, how is that it is showing conflicting DCB parameters....?


I moved all to a file names and then ran the code...But no content in attachment mail even now.... icon_sad.gif


Code:


//SENDMAIL EXEC PGM=IEBGENER,
//             COND=(0,NE)
//SYSIN    DD   DUMMY
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT2   DD   SYSOUT=(B,SMTP)
//SYSUT1   DD   DSN=***.****.CNTRL.EMAIL,DISP=SHR
//         DD   DSN=***.****.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC,DISP=SHR
//         DD   DSN=***.QUIT.STMT,DISP=SHR




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The three datasets need to have the same DCB info. Try creating the MIME control cards in a dataset with LRECL=141 and put the . & QUIT into another LRECL=141 dataset.

// DD * datasets will have LRECL=80 which is conflicting with the .csv dataset DCB.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:34 pm
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Garry Carroll wrote:
The three datasets need to have the same DCB info. Try creating the MIME control cards in a dataset with LRECL=141 and put the . & QUIT into another LRECL=141 dataset.

// DD * datasets will have LRECL=80 which is conflicting with the .csv dataset DCB.

Garry.


The code which i have posted above has three datasets with same LRECL 141....

All the three has RECFM = FB, LRECL=141 and BLKSIZE=27918
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Have you read

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21512178 ?

and have you got the "boundary" identifier in all required places. In this example, you'll see it before the text
Code:
Content-Type: text/plain;
and before and after the data to be in the attachment
Code:
Content-Type: application;
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=cert.cer;
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit;


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Garry Carroll wrote:
Have you read

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21512178 ?

and have you got the "boundary" identifier in all required places. In this example, you'll see it before the text
Code:
Content-Type: text/plain;
and before and after the data to be in the attachment
Code:
Content-Type: application;
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=cert.cer;
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit;


Garry.


I modified the code giving boundary as specified in the link above:

Code:


HELO ***
MAIL FROM: <***.***@***.COM>
RCPT TO: <***.***@***.COM>
DATA
FROM: <*** TEAM>
TO: < DEV TEAM>
SUBJECT: CONTROL-M DOCUMENTATION
MIME-VERSION: 1.0
CONTENT-TYPE: MULTIPART/MIXED;
BOUNDARY="---- =_BOUNDS"

THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT.

---- =_BOUNDS
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN;

PLEASE FIND THE ATTACHED CONTROL-M DOCUMENT.

NOTICE:
THIS EMAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL

---- =_BOUNDS
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN;

CONTENT-DISPOSITION: ATTACHMENT;
                     FILENAME="CNTRL-M DOCUMENT.CSV"

---- =_BOUNDS



JCL :

Code:


//SENDMAIL EXEC PGM=IEBGENER,
//             COND=(0,NE)
//SYSIN    DD   DUMMY
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT2   DD   SYSOUT=(B,SMTP)
//SYSUT1   DD   DSN=***.TEST.CNTRL.EMAIL,DISP=SHR
//         DD   DSN=***.****.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC,DISP=SHR
//         DD   DSN=***.QUIT.STMT,DISP=SHR



and I receive a mail with no attachments but in the BODY OF THE MAIL I receive everything like below :

Code:

BOUNDARY="---- =_BOUNDS"

THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT.

---- =_BOUNDS
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN;

PLEASE FIND THE ATTACHED CONTROL-M DOCUMENT.

NOTICE:
THIS EMAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL

---- =_BOUNDS
CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN;

CONTENT-DISPOSITION: ATTACHMENT;
                     FILENAME="CNTRL-M DOCUMENT.CSV"

---- =_BOUNDS
NEW,PREJOBS,Q075SBEJ,Q075CB  ,CONCATENATE B12960 AND SBF,      D6W1
                                                                                                                                    00000100
QUIT


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Move the last
Code:
---- =_BOUNDS
to AFTER the
Code:
//         DD   DSN=***.****.FINAL.CNTRLM.DOC,DISP=SHR
.

You last =_BOUNDS is delimiting the
Code:
---- =_BOUNDS
 CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN;


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