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Sending Emails and SAP Mail
Using ABAP
- Understanding the UNIX shell script -
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Import Parameters Name and Description |
Field name |
Field function |
| Commandname
Name of unix shell script or command to be executed by SAP |
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Name of unix shell
script to be invoked |
| Parameters |
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The parameters to be
sent to unix shell script ($1, $2 etc). Send parameters as a
concatenated string separated by space and length not exceeding
128 characters For eg in UNIX environment the above shell
script would be executed as
Sndmail
sender@a.com
receiver@b.com
Trial /home/test.doc testmail.
We will be simulating this command using the FM from SAP
system |
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Table Parameters Name and Description |
Field Name |
Field function |
| Exec_protocol
(structure) Table to get messages from unix server after
shell script is executed |
Length |
Length of the
message from external program i.e unix |
| |
Message |
Log message from
external program i.e unix |
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Export Parameters Name and Description |
Field name |
Field function |
| Status
Contains the status of execution of external program
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Scheduling status of
external program i.e unix |
Once the above FM is invoked with the necessary parameters the
unix program sendmail will send a mail to the inbox of the recipient
in Microsoft.
The restriction on the parameter string length of 128 characters
can be removed to make way for very long email addresses and
subjects. Build the parameters into an internal table and download
it as a file on the unix server. Instead of passing each parameter
individually, pass the unix server path of this file as the
parameter to the unix shell script (sndmail mentioned above). Modify
the shell script to read every line of this parameter file as
variables to be used in the shell script.
In the next article we will see an example of the ABAP code you
can use to send SAP Mails.
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