CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Introduction to Message Router

  1.1     What Is Message Router?

  1.2     Using Message Router

  1.3     Managing Message Router

  1.4     Message Router Accounts

  1.5     Message Router Directory Structure

  2      The Transfer Service

  2.1     Transfer Service Operation

  2.2     What Is a Message?

  2.3     Transfer Service Components

  2.4     Transferring a Message

  2.5     Message Router Addressing

  3      The Directory Service

  3.1     Introduction

  3.2     The Master Node

  3.3     The Database

  3.4     How Does the Directory Service Work?
    3.4.1      Local Enquiry
    3.4.2      Remote Enquiry
      3.4.2.1      Remote Enquiry Serviced by the Listener
      3.4.2.2      Remote Enquiry Serviced by a Query Server
    3.4.3      Local Update
    3.4.4      Remote Update

  3.5     The Directory Service Objects
    3.5.1      Subscriber
    3.5.2      UA
    3.5.3      Domain
    3.5.4      World Search List
    3.5.5      Nodes List
    3.5.6      Template

  4      The Management Service

  4.1     The MAILbus Configuration Procedure

  4.2     The MAILbus Control Procedure

  4.3     Exception Reporting Routines

  4.4     Maintenance Command Procedures

  FIGURES

  1 Message Router Documentation Map

  1-1        Interaction Between Users, User Agents, Gateways, and Message Router

  1-2        Message Router Directory Structure

  2-1        Structure of a Message

  2-2        Structure of a Transfer Service System

  2-3        Accessing the Transfer Service Database

  3-1        Structure of a Directory Service System

  3-2        Local Enquiry

  3-3        Remote Enquiry Using the Listener

  3-4        Remote Enquiry Using the Query Server

  3-5        Local Update

  3-6        Remote Update