Mail Blast/400 Upgrade

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Use the following instructions for your Mail Blast/400 upgrade.

If you encounter any problems, please contact Technical Support

This upgrade will bring Mail Blast/400 to version 1.10 For help finding what version you are currently at, please read the FAQ

Contents 1 Step 1: Back up old library 2 Step 2: Download 3 Step 3: Install 4 Step 4: Copy address book 5 Step 5: Copy log files 6 Step 7: Copy DTAARAs 7 Step 5: License 8 Step 6: Clean up 9 Step 7: Finish

Step 1: Back up old library

RNMOBJ OBJ(QSYS/RJSBLAST) OBJTYPE(*LIB) NEWOBJ(RJSBLASTV1)

Step 2: Download

Download Mail Blast/400 from RJS.

Username = *********
Password = ***********

Step 3: Install

Use FTP Library Installation to install Mail Blast/400 library (RJSBLAST) onto the System i.

Unzip the file to the default location.

Enter your System i IP Address, username and password.

Take each numbered step, waiting until the previous step is finished before continuing.

You will see an Error 550. This is normal behavior. If you see any additional errors please contact Technical Support.

ADDLIBLE RJSBLAST

Step 4: Copy address book

Use the following commands to copy all address book members from the old library to the new library.

CPYF FROMFILE(RJSBLASTV1/BLMADR00) TOFILE(RJSBLAST/BLMADR00) FROMMBR(*ALL) TOMBR(*FROMMBR) MBROPT(*REPLACE) CRTFILE(*YES) FMTOPT(*MAP)

Step 5: Copy log files

Use the following command to copy all log records from the old library to the new library.

CPYF FROMFILE(RJSBLASTV1/BLMLOG00) TOFILE(RJSBLAST/BLMLOG00) FROMMBR(*ALL) TOMBR(*FROMMBR) MBROPT(*REPLACE) CRTFILE(*YES) FMTOPT(*MAP)

Step 6: Copy message text members=== Use the following command to copy all message text members from the old library to the new library.

CPYF FROMFILE(RJSBLASTV1/EMLMSGPF) TOFILE(RJSBLAST/EMLMSGPF) FROMMBR(*ALL) TOMBR(*FROMMBR) MBROPT(*REPLACE) CRTFILE(*YES) FMTOPT(*MAP)

Step 7: Copy DTAARAs

Use the following commands to copy the old DTAARA's and all the users tables to the new library

WRKOBJPDM LIB(RJSBLASTV1) OBJ(*ALL) OBJTYPE(*DTAARA)

Use option 3 to copy all data areas to RJSBLAST library.

Step 5: License

If necessary, enter new license codes.

Step 6: Clean up

Remove the Mail Blast/400 library

RMVLIBLE RJSBLAST

Step 7: Finish

Mail Blast/400 should now be completely upgraded.