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Terms definitions
Achronym Name Meaning Example
HIPA Host IP Address The "IP Address" specified for the Internet Address of your IBMi box in CFGTCP Option 10 185.113.4.55
HN Host Name The "Host Name" specified for the Internet Address of your IBMi box in CFGTCP Option 10 TOY.COM
IDOM Host Domain The "Host Domain Name" specified for the Internet Address of your IBMi box c/o your Internet Server Provider
(Usually the same as HN)
TOY.COM
IEMA Internet Email Account An email account hosted at a mailbox provider JerryScott@yahoo.com hosted at YAHOO.COM
ISEMA Internet Site Email Account An email account with domain IDOM hosted at the ISP responsible for your company IBMi site domain IDOM JerryScott@toy.com hosted at REGISTER.IT
L-ISEMA Local-Internet Site Email Account An user profile on your IBMi, documented in the System Distribution Directory (SDD, Command WRKDIRE), where it specifies (F19) the same "SMTP user ID" and "SMTP domain" as available at the ISEMA User profile JSCOTT documented in SDD as JerryScott@toy.com
L-EMA Local Email Account An user profile on your IBMi, documented in the System Distribution Directory (SDD, Command WRKDIRE), where it specifies (F19) a combination of a "SMTP user ID" and "SMTP domain"=IDOM not available as Internet mail box User profile PHURRY documented in SDD as PHurry@toy.com


Email connections
From To Example Result
IEMA mailbox-provider
SMTP
ISEMA company-site-ISP
SMTP
JerryScott@yahoo.com sends an email to JerryScott@toy.com hosted at REGISTER.IT Mail delivered
ISEMA company-site-ISP
POP3
L-ISEMAIBMi
AMailer
On the IBMi, AMailer can be used to have user profile SCOTT retrieving mail from mailbox JerryScott@toy.com, provided that this mailbox supports POP3 Mail retrieved
L-ISEMAIBMi
SMTP
IEMA mailbox-provider
SMTP
On IBMi user profile JSCOTT sends an email (via MMAIL/EML.. command or Via Amailer) to mailbox JerryScott@yahoo.com Mail delivered
L-ISEMAIBMi
SMTP
ISEMA company-site-ISP
SMTP
On IBMi user profile JSCOTT fails to send an email (via MMAIL/EML.. command or Via Amailer) to mailbox JerryScott@toy.com hosted at REGISTER.IT Mail NOT delivered
L-ISEMA
or L-EMA
IBMi
SMTP
L-EMA IBMi
SMTP
On IBMi user profile JSCOTT sends an email (via MMAIL/EML.. command or Via Amailer) to mailbox PHUrry@toy.com hosted on the same IBMi. User profile PHURRY may display /archive its incoming mail
  • via MMAIL AMailer, OR
  • via a PC mail product like MS OUTLOOK
This can work the other way around between two L-EMA's.
Mail delivered