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Local Mail
Local Mail is the delivery of mail from one user to another on the same
computer. In this section:
Messages lists the components of an HP Desk message.
Distribution Lists defines the components of Distribution Lists.
HP Desk Databases describes the two key IMAGE databases used by HP
Desk.
Mail Delivery shows how mail moves from In Tray to Out Tray and
the way the Mailroom operates.
HP Desk Processes describes the Supervisor and the activities it
controls.
Messages
HP Desk messages are made up of two or more parts:
Part 1 contains the Distribution List used by HP Desk to
determine where to distribute copies of the message.
Every message needs a Distribution List before it is
distributed through the system. The list may
consist of:
* one name and address
* several names with their addresses
* one pre-defined list of addressees
* several pre-defined lists of addressees
Part 2, and any contain the content of the message and may be sent
subsequent parts as packages or individual items. The message
content can be either:
* text
* word processed documents
* graphics files
* spreadsheets
* MPE program files
* forms
* a combination of the above
Distribution and Route Lists
A Distribution List contains destination information for each addressed
user of a message. The maximum number of names and addresses to be used
on one list is two hundred.
HP Desk uses the Distribution Lists of a message to determine where to
deliver the message.
NOTE Route Lists are used in the same way as Distribution Lists.
However, Route Lists are only available with the Routing and
Authorization feature of HP DeskManagerPLUS.
In the US you address mail by street and city. HP Desk mail addresses
are similar.
The HP Desk Mail Address consists of the:
* user name of the recipient.
* address of the recipient. A mail address defines a recipient's
exact whereabouts--their mailnode. A mail address comprises:
* The user's location code. This part of a mail address
identifies a large group of users, such as a division of a
company.
* The user's sublocation code. This part of a mail address
can be used to identify small groups of users at the same
location, such as departments within a division.
NOTE HP Desk requires that you associate each mailnode with a country.
The country never forms part of the mail address.
For example, HP Desk user Krista Carlson is configured with user name
Krista Carlson at location code USCORP and sublocation code LE. In the
Distribution List of an HP Desk message, she is addressed as:
Krista Carlson / USCORP/LE
Normally, a user has only to supply the user name of the intended
recipient. Providing the name is unique, HP Desk finds that recipient's
first name and mail address automatically from the Directory in its
database. If more than one user is found in the Directory with a name
similar to that supplied, HP Desk displays the list of names and provides
the opportunity to choose one of them.
HP Desk's Databases
HP Desk uses three IMAGE/3000 databases:
* Local Database
* Global Database
* Native Database
The Local Database
The Local Database stores:
* each local user's HP Desk items. These can be either:
* messages
* items kept in their Work Area
* items stored in their Filing Cabinet
* Distribution Lists
* diary information
* information about the configuration of the local computer and its
users
* mailnode queue information, in which mailed messages are held
while waiting to be collected and delivered.
The Global Database
The Global Database contains the Directory of all HP Desk users and their
mail addresses, that is, locations and sublocations, in the whole of your
HP Desk installation. HP Desk uses this Directory to locate users as you
use a phone book to find telephone numbers.
The Native Database
The Native Database is created for Asian (16-bit) versions of HP Desk
only when native users are configured to an HP Desk system. This holds
one or more additional names for users registered in the HP Desk
directory.
HP Desk Processes
In HP Desk most of the processes run under the Supervisor. The
exceptions are:
Master Trucks run in their own jobs.
Slave Trucks are separate sessions.
The Supervisor
The Supervisor monitors the following processes:
Suptimer Timer, used for automatic startup of tasks scheduled
using MAILSCHEDULE.
Operint The Operator Interface program runs under the Supervisor
so that the program does have to be loaded every time an
operator types in a command.
Mailtell Delivers new mail messages, appointment messages and
Supervisor status messages.
Tickler Scans diary entries, looks for appointments within the
next thirty minutes. It uses MAILTELL to inform the
user.
HPMail User Interface program that does not have to be loaded
every time a user logs on.
Mailroom Local mail delivery that empties the Out Tray and
delivers to the In Tray.
DMM Deferred Mail Manager.
TManager Remote mail scheduling and control of the Master Truck
jobs.
Clocktic Timer for the Transport Manager mail scheduling process.
DSSlave Slave Truck process.
EFT EFT Slave Truck
FSCAREF FSC ARPA Reference Slave Truck.
FSCARPA FSC ARPA Standard and Compressed Slave Truck.
Schedmsg Part of HP DeskManagerPLUS that schedules information.
Collects free time maps from users.
Schedrep Part of HP DeskManagerPLUS that schedules information.
Collates the free time maps collected by Schedmsg.
RC HP File/Library Resource Controller (Request Controller)
Libmaint Library Maintenance program.
Gateint Intrinsic Gateway Manager.
X400 HP Office Connect to X400 monitor.
OMGate HP OpenMail Gateway Manager.
Maint Mailmaint process.
DIupdate Autoinsert of messages into the Calendar/Diary.
Searcher Filing Cabinet search.
Admin Remote Configuration updates.
DLServer Sends a message to everyone on the specified mailnode.
Bin Emptier Waste Basket emptier
(HP DeskManagerPLUS only).
Shredder Used by the Garbage Collector
(HP DeskManagerPLUS only).
PCMail LAN monitor program for NewWave Mail and AdvanceMail.
NSMonitor NS Slave Monitor process.
The Mailroom
The Mailroom sorts and delivers local mail; regularly collecting mail
from the Out Trays of users of the local computer, sorting the mail,
placing it in the local mail queue, and then delivering the mail to the
In Trays of local registered users.
If any addressee is not registered in the Directory, the Mailroom places
the message in the In Tray of a special user called General Delivery. A
General Delivery user is configured automatically by HP Desk for each
mailnode on the local computer, to act as a depot for mail that couldn't
be delivered at that mailnode.
The Mailroom also performs a few other functions, such as providing a
sender with an acknowledgment of successful delivery or an explanation of
a message's non-delivery.
NOTE For information on NewWave Mail or AdvanceMail messages refer to
either the NewWave Mail or AdvanceMail manuals.
Mail Delivery
Node Queues and the MAILROOM
Whenever a mailnode is configured a NODE QUEUE FOLDER is created. This
folder contains the four node queues used for mail delivery:
EXPRESS: Presently not used
URGENT Used for urgent priority messages
NORMAL Used for normal priority messages
DEFERRED Used for messages sent to users on remote systems
When a user mails a message it is the Mailroom which moves the message
from the user's Out Tray to the recipient's In Tray. The message is not
moved directly from the In Tray to the Out Tray but is first attached to
each of the node queues on which the recipients reside.
The mailroom is divided into two main parts:
Outgoing (Transmitter) The Outgoing Mailroom detaches messages from
the user's Out Tray and attaches them to Node
Queues.
Incoming (Delivery) The Incoming Mailroom examines the Distribution
List of a message on a Node Queue and attaches
the message to the In Trays of the users on the
list.