e-mail Notifications

[Richard Marut]

Thanks Phil! I questioned our Portals person with a different question
(the correct one) just before you replied and he came back with
basically the same response as yours.
 
Richard...
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of
Soady, Phil
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:34 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: e-mail Notifications
 
YES.
RSWUWFML uses SAPConnect.
in 4.7 this is now directly possible via the basis part of the system.
 
You configure SCOT to point to the SMTP server (usually on port 25).
How you get the email from the SMTP server to the user is another
matter. ANY SMTP compatible server can be used.
 
 
Exchange server and Outlook as client is common.
 
But a free/shareware SMTP server and then just about ANY freeware
POP3 / SMTP capable client is also possible.
 
There are many freeware/shareware tools to play with before you (don't)
buy. SAP connects to the SMTP server when sending and behaves as and
SMTP server when receiving incoming mails.
 
So you external SMTP server should also do mail forwarding for the
inbound mails.
 
hth
 
 
Phil Soady
Senior Consultant - Business Technologies
Professional Services
SAP Australia
Level 1, 168 Walker Street, North Sydney 2060, Australia.
M   +61 412 213 079
E   phil.soady at sap.com
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Marut [mailto:rvmarut at earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:32 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: e-mail Notifications
 
I have a client who will be using Portals on top of 4.7 Enterprise and
they would like to also receive an e-mail notification to alert them
that they have work item(s) to process with a link to the Portal. Our
Portals person tells me that you must have a mail client setup in order
to send mail out of SAP such as MS-Exchange or Domino/Lotus. I was
thinking of using program RSWUWFML to accomplish this and found that
section 4.4.1 E-Mail Notifications of the Practical Workflow for SAP
book states 'This auto-forward address will be their normal e-mail
address, which can be reached through a SMTP connection, Exchange
integration or the Lotus Integration for SAP Business Workflow.'.
 
Does this mean that you do not need an e-mail client and is the SMTP
connection solely at the operating system level such as UNIX?
 
Richard...