OSI/MHS Configuration and Management Manual

Routing Support for O/R Names Containing Teletex
Attributes
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How a Message Store Processes an MPDU
Containing Teletex Attributes
How a Message Store Processes an MPDU
Containing Teletex Attributes
If a message store is the recipient of an MPDU containing teletex O/R name attributes,
the message store processes the MPDU as follows:
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It stores the MPDU’s O/R name attributes in its SQL database, placing each teletex
value in the field that normally holds the corresponding printable value.
•
It stores the entire MPDU in its MS PDU database. Printable O/R attributes are
stored in printable form, and teletex O/R attributes are stored in teletex form.
To retrieve the message, the owner of the mailbox can specify either the printable form
or the teletex form of the attribute.
How OSI/MHS Supports Teletex Attributes in a
Bind Request
A user agent can specify teletex O/R attributes in a P7 bind request to an OSI/MHS
APPL. OSI/MHS applies the conversion table shown in Tabl e F-1 to route the request
to the correct APPL.
Example
The following example traces the process of routing and storing MPDUs whose O/R
names include teletex attributes. In this example, the recipient is a message store.
1. An incoming MPDU whose common-name O/R attribute is in teletex form (teletex-
common-name) arrives at the local MTA.
2. The MTA copies the exact message, including the teletex-common-name attribute,
into the MTA PDU database.
3. The MTA converts the teletex-common-name O/R attribute to a printable string
equivalent by applying the conversions shown in Table F-1.
4. The MTA then uses the converted string internally for matching against the
common name field of the routing database and locating the correct recipient. In
this example, the recipient is a local MS.
5. The MTA routes the MPDU to the MS.
6. The MS processes the message. It stores the MPDU’s O/R name attributes in the
SQL database, placing the teletex-common-name attribute in the field that normally
contains the printable common-name attribute.
7. The MS stores the entire MPDU in the MS PDU database, just as it was received;
that is, printable O/R attributes are stored in printable form, but teletex-common-
name is stored in teletex form.