From SAP WAS 6.10, SAP directly supports SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). This means that the emails can be exchanged directly between SAP system and any SMTP compliant mail server. From SAP WAS 6.20, faxes, pager & SMS can also be exchanged via SMTP. For the SMTP configuration, perform the following steps:
1 – Execute transaction SCOT;
2 – Goto menu View -> Node
3 – Goto SMTP node. Double click on the required node which is * in this case:
4 – Click on the Maintain Node button:
5 -Enter the Mail Host & Mail Port for outgoing mails (mail host example below). Click on Set for “Internet” option to set:
6 – Enter the Address Area as * for the receipt addresses. Also set the Output formats for the SAP Documents as shown in the image below. In the specified format the output will be sent as attachment in the email:
7 – Confirm these settings;
8 – Similarly Pager/Fax settings can be done. For Pager(SMS), the prerequisite is that in transaction SA14, the paging services should be defined. Once this is done, in the SCOT transaction, click on Set adjacent to Pager (SMS);
9 – Mention as * in the Address area for the receipt number and Domain name in the Domain input:
10 – Confirm the entries. The SMS will be of the format SMS=+ReciptNumber@Domain.
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