After you enter the SMTPNOTE command, you are prompted for the mail recipients (To:), the copy recipients (Cc:), and the subject of the note (Subject:), if they were not specified with the SMTPNOTE command. If you enter a list of recipients, enter the name of each recipient on a separate line and indicate the end of the list by entering a blank line.

After you answer the prompts, SMTPNOTE invokes the TSO EDIT command to enable you to prepare your note. Typically, the editor starts in INPUT mode. Enter the text of your note line by line. When your note is complete, enter a null line (that is, do not type anything when prompted), and press Enter. The editor switches to EDIT mode.

In EDIT mode, you can use all the functions of the editor. You can also return to INPUT mode, send the note, or cancel the note. For a complete description of the EDIT command, see the z/OS TSO/E Command Reference.

If you invoke the SMTPNOTE command with the REUSE or DATASET parameter, you are immediately placed in EDIT mode. The contents of the previously canceled note, or the data set that you specify, are already part of the note. You can add to or change the data that is already present.

To send the note, enter END SAVE in EDIT mode, and then enter SEND. To cancel the note, enter END SAVE or END NOSAVE in EDIT mode, and then enter CANCEL. If you cancel a note, you can recover what you entered by invoking the SMTPNOTE command with the REUSE parameter. The recipients and subject of the note are not saved, and must be reentered.

Figure 1 is an example of preparing and sending mail.

READY
smtpnote
 TO:
irvine@mvs2.accounting
bekker@mvs2.accounting
mcgregr@mvs1.accounting
 
 CC:
 
 SUBJECT:
Travel Expenses
 
 ENTER "END SAVE" TO SAVE THE NOTE.
 FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF EDIT SUBCOMMANDS ENTER "HELP".
 INPUT
Could we please postpone the expense review because I
will be out of town the week of the 19th.
 
How about the 23rd?  Thank you, John.
 
 EDIT
end save
 ENTER "SEND" TO SEND THE NOTE.
 ENTER "CANCEL" TO TERMINATE WITHOUT SENDING THE NOTE.
send
 READY