Schedule batch ISP e-mail jobs

To limit the time required to establish a connection, you can schedule mail dial-up jobs to connect to your Internet service provider (ISP) at regular intervals.

If your company does not want to spend money for an expensive leased line, iSeries™ server provides a way for you to send and receive your company's e-mail in batches at scheduled times, through your ISP. Use the ISP Dial-up Connection wizard to configure the connection. Then use the SMTP scheduler to set the time intervals that you want iSeries server to connect to your ISP and send your company's e-mail.

To set the SMTP scheduler to send your e-mail to an ISP, complete the following steps:

In iSeries Navigator, expand your iSeries Server > Network > Servers > TCP/IP.
Double-click SMTP. The SMTP Properties dialog appears.
Click the Scheduler tab.
Select the Start scheduler when SMTP is started check box.
Select the Point-to-point connection profile you configured with the AT&T Global Network Dialer Wizard, or select a manually configured Point-to-point connection profile.
Set the Mail transfer interval to the number of minutes you want SMTP to deliver your queued e-mail.
If your ISP is not with the AT&T Global Network, select the Issue ETRN when connecting to remote server check box.
Enter the Server IP address for the incoming mail server on the ISP's network, and enter the Registered ISP host.domain for which this SMTP server will issue an ETRN.
Click OK.