2.1.3 Overview of email sending

Organization of this subsection

(1) Overview of email sending (in Windows)
(2) Overview of email sending (in UNIX)

(1) Overview of email sending (in Windows)

In Windows, email sending jobs can send email either with or without using Outlook. For details on the differences between these two methods, see 4.3.4(1) Sending emails using the email sending job in the JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 System Design (Configuration) Guide.

(a) Overview of sending email without using Outlook (in Windows)

An email sending job that does not use Outlook sends data directly to the mail server.

The following figure shows an overview of sending email without using Outlook.

Figure 2‒5: Overview of email sending (without using Outlook)

(b) Overview of sending email using Outlook (in Windows)

An email sending job that uses Outlook places the data in the Outbox folder, and Outlook actually sends the email.

After email is sent, it is stored in the Sent Items folder in Outlook. For this reason, Outlook must be able to send email to the mail server even when JP1/AJS3 is not running.

The following figure shows an overview of sending email using Outlook.

Figure 2‒6: Overview of email sending (using Outlook)

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(2) Overview of email sending (in UNIX)

In UNIX, the email sending job sends email via sendmail or postfix.

The email sending job stores email data in a temporary file, and sendmail or postfix actually sends the email. For this reason, sendmail or postfix must be able to send email to the mail server even when JP1/AJS3 is not running.

In a Linux environment, JP1/AJS3 can link with sendmail or postfix. In an AIX environment, JP1/AJS3 can link with sendmail.

The following figure shows an overview of email sending in UNIX.

Figure 2‒7: Overview of email sending (in UNIX)

For details about sendmail and postfix, see the respective documentation for each.

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