Sending and receiving e-mail

Your system is a mail server and has e-mail users (SNADS, POP, or Lotus^®) enrolled on it. Your e-mail users can send, receive, and read e-mail using either a POP client or a SNADS client.

Your users can send and receive e-mail in the following different ways:

• Setting up Post Office Protocol e-mail clients
  If you want to receive and store e-mails by using the Post Office Protocol (POP) server, you need to set up an e-mail client at first.

• QtmmSendMail API
  You can use the Send MIME Mail (QtmmSendMail) API to send e-mail from an i5/OS^® program.

• JavaMail
  You can develop e-mail client applications by using JavaMail.

• Sending spooled files as PDF files
  You can send spooled files in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and distribute the documents by e-mail.

• Using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol for addresses
  You can use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to provide a public address book based on the system directory.

• Using Systems Network Architecture distribution services to send e-mail
  You can send e-mail from your system using a System Network Architecture distribution services (SNADS) client program.

• Using Systems Network Architecture distribution services to receive e-mail
  You can receive e-mail on your system using a Systems Network Architecture distribution services (SNADS) client program.

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