Usage Notes for ADDRESS WTO

Keep these points in mind when using the ADDRESS WTO host environment:

Be careful of issuing WTO messages to the local system without using a server, because doing so can create a recursion loop, tying up system resources longer than necessary.
A non-zero return code is accompanied by a CA OPS/MVS error message in the external data queue.
Multiline WTO messages (MLWTOs) have these length restrictions:

Notes:

If you do not specify a value for the LINETYPE keyword in an ADDRESS WTO command, all lines will be treated as data lines.
You must take into account the length of the message ID when considering the length of the first data line of a multiline WTO. The maximum length of the first data line is 70 characters. This includes the number of characters in the message ID and a blank separator between the message ID and the message text. For example, if the message ID is the 8 character string MESSAGID, then the actual text on the first data line of the MLWTO cannot exceed 61 characters (70 minus 9 (the number of characters in MESSAGID (8) plus the blank separator (1)).