OSI/MHS Configuration and Management Manual

OSI/MHS Configuration and Management Manual—424827-003
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long string. In the GPI, a string that cannot be passed in an attribute descriptor but must be
manipulated a segment at a time by using the GPI_OM_READ_ and
GPI_OM_WRITE_ procedures. At GPI initialization, a client program specifies the
maximum length string that can be passed in a descriptor. All strings longer than the
specified maximum are long strings.
LUA (local user agent). A process that submits and retrieves messages on behalf of a
user, through a message store on the same system as the user agent.
mailbox. A location in an MS SQL database that stores messages for one user. Each MS
group can have up to 1000 mailboxes to support up to 1000 users.
mailbox count. A “snapshot” of the recent activity in your mailbox: number of messages
read, number of messages deleted, and so on.
mailbox statistics. A historical report of the activity in your mailbox, starting with the
previous RESET and continuing until the next RESET.
management application. In DSM, an application process that opens a management or
subsystem process to control a subsystem. This process can issue SPI commands to
subsystems and retrieve EMS event messages to assist in managing a computer
system or a network of systems. A management application is a requester with
respect to the subsystems to which it sends commands; the subsystems are servers
with respect to the management application.
management domain. See MD.
management process. In DSM, a process through which an application issues commands to
a subsystem. A management process can be part of a subsystem, or it can be
associated with more than one subsystem; in the latter case, the management process
is logically part of each of the subsystems. SCP is the management process for all
data communications subsystems that support DSM. See also subsystem.
manager process. In DSM, a subsystem process with which the SCP management process
communicates to control a particular data communications subsystem.
master password server. A process that permits a user access to the message stores of
one or more other users, normally for administrative purposes.
MD (management domain). The collection of message handling systems operated by one
organization, which encompasses one or more MTAs and zero or more UAs.
message. A communication, typically consisting of multiple, related data elements and
control information.