4.2. Messages

The Messages function enables you to view and manage message on message queues on your iSeries server. The operations you can perform include:

  • Displaying messages

  • Replying to inquiry messages

  • Sending messages

  • Deleting messages

  • Displaying message properties

This function offers similar functionality to the Display Messages (DSPMSG), Send Message (SNDMSG) and Send Break Message (SNDBRKMSG) OS/400 command functions.

The Messages functions are intended for processing messages by an operator action. If you are considering automated message handling at least for some messages, OS/400 has several facilities to reduce manual interaction with automated message handling. There are also third party products that are dedicated to this automation. ...

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