Configuring SAP 4.6x Internet mail Gateway
We can confidure email communication setup in SAP system to send and receive mails from different sources.This article helps us understand the way to integrate SAPOffice with an external email-system. it is essentail that Internet email configuration is in place and running succesfully before this configuration. External email system receives e-mail from SAP.
You can configure inbound and outbound forwarding. Outbound flow forwards SAP message (eg: update termination) via UNIX sendmail to the intended recepient. Inbound accepts a message from sendmail and places it within the users SAPOffice inbox. Many companies prefer to configure outbound only.
Configuring outbound forwarding
SAP configuration
1. Using transaction SM59, create an RFC destination for outbound email
RFC Destination : SAP_INTERNET_GATEWAY
Connection Type : T
Description : SAP internet mail gateway
If ondemand gateway daemon invocation is required, click on 'Explicit Host'.
Program : /sapmnt/SID/exe/mlunxsnd
Target Host : provide hostname details of the central instance.
Click 'Test Connection' and you should see successful message.
2. Shared Office Settings select appropriate option : transaction SO16-> Send -> Settings or
directly via transaction SCOT- SAPconnect Administration
Nodes - Create
Node : IMAIL
Description : SAP internet mail gateway
RFC Destination : SAP_INTERNET_GATEWAY
Tick : Internet
Address Area : *
Tick : All formats
Dev. type : Choose an appropriate Printer Device
Set further address type : N
Maximum waiting time for repeat send attempt procedure : Blank or as per the requirement
Tick : Node is ready for use
Setting
- Default Domain : .com
- Conversion rule : Needed if the communication device only support single format.
e.g. if your email system only support RAW (ASCII text format) format
Format To Format Ranking Function module
ALI RAW 1 SX_OBJECT_CONVERT_ALI_RAW (convert APAP List)
Refer SNote 171698 for details.
UNIX configuration
1 .. cd /sapmnt/SID/exe
2 ..csh
..mlsomadm mailgw.ini
System Name [C11] :
Client [000] :
Username : MAILADM
Password : MAILADM
Language : E
Load Balancing :
Hostname :
System number :
Gateway hostname:
Gateway Service :
Use SAP Router :
Trace level :
Sendmail Command [/usr/lib/sendmail -i -f]:
Codepage [ISO-8859-1] :
Trace Level (Outbound) [0] :
Update file sapmailsid.cfg? [Y]
Testing whether your configuration is successful
1. Logon to SAP
2. Execute transaction SO01
3. Write a message and send it to
4. If mail is not received in your internet mailbox, go back and review steps 1-12
Schedule the SAP Internet Mail Gateway Jobs to start out every 5 minutes
1. Create
2. Position your cursor at INT
3. choose schedule and provide the date and time
4. choose Schedule periodically and tick Minutes and enter 5
5. choose Create and you are done
6. Click Show Scheduling to check
Problems that you might encounter :-
If you have created a node in SCOT and it tests out well but receive the reply.
"cannot process message in node, parameters can't be converted".
Make sure the RFC connection is functioning , which SapConnect has been installed on the Unix Server or the Microsoft Exchange Server. Originally, I had a similar error, and located that nothing had been installed on Unix or Exchange, to support SapConnect.
In SCOT (View -> System Status), the mail persist in the Intransit column.
Check you sendmail.cf files (e.g.Sun Solaris /etc/mail/sendmail.cf). Try with sendmail command to send a test file at the OS level. You must be ready to send mail at theUnix level before you'll send mail at the SAP level.
Another way of connecting to the SAPOffice without setting up the SAPconnect is to use the
We can confidure email communication setup in SAP system to send and receive mails from different sources.This article helps us understand the way to integrate SAPOffice with an external email-system. it is essentail that Internet email configuration is in place and running succesfully before this configuration. External email system receives e-mail from SAP.
You can configure inbound and outbound forwarding. Outbound flow forwards SAP message (eg: update termination) via UNIX sendmail to the intended recepient. Inbound accepts a message from sendmail and places it within the users SAPOffice inbox. Many companies prefer to configure outbound only.
Configuring outbound forwarding
SAP configuration
1. Using transaction SM59, create an RFC destination for outbound email
RFC Destination : SAP_INTERNET_GATEWAY
Connection Type : T
Description : SAP internet mail gateway
If ondemand gateway daemon invocation is required, click on 'Explicit Host'.
Program : /sapmnt/SID/exe/mlunxsnd
Target Host : provide hostname details of the central instance.
Click 'Test Connection' and you should see successful message.
2. Shared Office Settings select appropriate option : transaction SO16-> Send -> Settings or
directly via transaction SCOT- SAPconnect Administration
Nodes - Create
Node : IMAIL
Description : SAP internet mail gateway
RFC Destination : SAP_INTERNET_GATEWAY
Tick : Internet
Address Area : *
Tick : All formats
Dev. type : Choose an appropriate Printer Device
Set further address type : N
Maximum waiting time for repeat send attempt procedure : Blank or as per the requirement
Tick : Node is ready for use
Setting
- Default Domain : .com
- Conversion rule : Needed if the communication device only support single format.
e.g. if your email system only support RAW (ASCII text format) format
Format To Format Ranking Function module
ALI RAW 1 SX_OBJECT_CONVERT_ALI_RAW (convert APAP List)
Refer SNote 171698 for details.
UNIX configuration
1 .. cd /sapmnt/SID/exe
2 ..csh
..mlsomadm mailgw.ini
System Name [C11] :
Client [000] :
Username : MAILADM
Password : MAILADM
Language : E
Load Balancing :
Hostname :
System number :
Gateway hostname:
Gateway Service :
Use SAP Router :
Trace level :
Sendmail Command [/usr/lib/sendmail -i -f]:
Codepage [ISO-8859-1] :
Trace Level (Outbound) [0] :
Update file sapmailsid.cfg? [Y]
Testing whether your configuration is successful
1. Logon to SAP
2. Execute transaction SO01
3. Write a message and send it to
4. If mail is not received in your internet mailbox, go back and review steps 1-12
Schedule the SAP Internet Mail Gateway Jobs to start out every 5 minutes
1. Create
2. Position your cursor at INT
3. choose schedule and provide the date and time
4. choose Schedule periodically and tick Minutes and enter 5
5. choose Create and you are done
6. Click Show Scheduling to check
Problems that you might encounter :-
If you have created a node in SCOT and it tests out well but receive the reply.
"cannot process message in node, parameters can't be converted".
Make sure the RFC connection is functioning , which SapConnect has been installed on the Unix Server or the Microsoft Exchange Server. Originally, I had a similar error, and located that nothing had been installed on Unix or Exchange, to support SapConnect.
In SCOT (View -> System Status), the mail persist in the Intransit column.
Check you sendmail.cf files (e.g.Sun Solaris /etc/mail/sendmail.cf). Try with sendmail command to send a test file at the OS level. You must be ready to send mail at theUnix level before you'll send mail at the SAP level.
Another way of connecting to the SAPOffice without setting up the SAPconnect is to use the
