setting up the integration between Workflow and Email

[Michael Sledge]

Hi Jocelyn,
 
I have looked at the program RSWUWFML, but I believe an underlying mechanism
(Exchange Connector, Internet mail gateway, whatever) must be in place
before the mails will actually be sent externally.  Without setting either
of these up, I just setup my personal inbox to automatically forward all
messages to my internet mail address.  Well, without some underlying
mechanism, I see the message waiting to be sent in transaction SCOT.  So my
question remains, must I setup the Connector or the Gateway?
 
Regards,
Michael Sledge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dart, Jocelyn" <jocelyn.dart at sap.com>
To: <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: setting up the integration between Workflow and Email
 
 
> Hi Michael,
> Have you looked at program RSWUWFML?  This is a simpler way of sending
> email notifications for workitems that avoids the full drama of
> setting up Exchange Connector.  If you have a Workplace or
> ITS with the webgui/BWSP/BWWI_EXECUTE/etc. services on it then
> your workitems are web accessible and you can build hyperlinks
> in your emails so that you get the link between email and the workitem.
>
> It's another option that should be considered before you make your
> final decision.
>
> For question
> 1: SAPOffice (that's the old name for SAP's mail inbox
> - there isn't anything called "SAPmail")is now Business Workplace.
> 2. Yes.
>
> Regards,
>         Jocelyn Dart
> Consultant (BBP, Ecommerce, Internet Transaction Server, Workflow)
> SAP Australia
> Email jocelyn.dart at sap.com <mailto:jocelyn.dart at sap.com>
> Tel: +61 412 390 267
> Fax: +61 2 9935 4880
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Sledge [mailto:sledgmb at worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2001 1:55 AM
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: setting up the integration between Workflow and Email
>
>
> Hi.  I have not had a great deal of experience with workflow and was
hoping
> someone could help.  My assignment is to provide the ability to have
> Workflow route messages to SAPmail and external (Internet) email.  I've
done
> quite a bit of research and am left with a few specific questions.  Our
R/3
> system is version 4.6C running on Sun Solaris/Oracle.  The standard email
> system here is Microsoft Exchange.  Now, my questions:
>
> 1)  In version 4.6C, is "SAPmail" now actually known as the "Business
> Workplace", or "Work Center"?
> 2)  Does Workflow already route messages to this internal SAP message
store,
> whatever the name, based on SAP username?
> 3)  What are the differences between the "SAP R/3 Internet Mail Gateway"
and
> the "SAP R/3 Exchange Connector"?  Are these ever used concurrently, or is
> one for a Unix mail system (sendmail, etc) and the other for a Microsoft
> mail system (Exchange).
>
> If the answers to 1 and 2 are yes, I see my task pretty much as setting up
> the SAP R/3 Exchange Connector and configuring SAPconnect.  Would this be
a
> fair assumption?
>
> I appreciate any help you can give,
> Regards,
> Michael Sledge
> sledgmb at worldnet.att.net