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HP Desk Transport Systems HP Desk moves mail through the network using either the Distributed Services (DS) or the Network Services (NS) data communications.
NOTE The connection between an HP Desk B.05.00 system and earlier versions can only be made through DS connections.
The components of a HP DeskManager system are: Transport Manager This sorts out the mail that is to be sent to other computers and then ensures that it is transmitted. This process runs under the Supervisor all the time the transport system is enabled. Master Trucks These processes transfers messages from one machine to another. With HP Desk the maximum number of Master Trucks that may run at one time is 36. Slave Trucks Slave Trucks are the processes that run on remote systems, which accept the mail from Master Trucks when transmission lines are available. The Master Truck activates a Slave truck on the remote computer. Once this is completed, the Master Truck passes mail across to the Slave truck. When all the messages are transmitted the Master Truck informs the Slave truck that transmission is complete and the line is shut down. If the mail addresses users on the receiving computer, the Slave Truck then activates the Mailroom which delivers them locally. If the mail is to be forwarded to another remote computer, the Slave Truck activates the Transport Manager to handle the onward routing of the mail. Slave Trucks that run DS are referred to as DS Slave Trucks. Slave Trucks that run NS are referred to as NS Slave Trucks.