OSI/MHS Gateway Programmatic Interface (GPI) Reference Manual

Object Classes and Attribute Types
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MH-C-MESSAGE
Meanings of Attributes
The attribute types specify the following information:
MH-T-ALTERNATE-RECIP-ALLOWED
Indicates whether the originator permits the MTS to deliver the message to an alternate
recipient. An MD may assign an alternate recipient to accept delivery of messages
whose MH-T-RECIPIENT-DESCRIPTORS attribute contains O/R names that are
invalid but recognized as denoting users of the MD.
MH-T-BILATERAL-INFORMATION
Provides information to the MDs through which the message might be transferred.
MH-T-CONTENT
Is the arbitrary binary information the message is intended to convey to its recipients.
The MTS modifies this attribute’s value only for purposes of conversion.
MH-T-CONTENT-IDENTIFIER
Provides information used to correlate a message with any reports generated about it.
MH-T-CONTENT-RETURN-REQUESTED
Indicates whether the MH-T-CONTENT attribute is to be included as the like-named
attribute of any nondelivery reports the message provokes.
MH-T-CONTENT-TYPE
Identifies the syntax and semantics of the value of the MH-T-CONTENT attribute of the
message. DDL names for the enumerated values of this attribute indicate the following
possible content types:
MH-CTI-UNI-
DENTIFIED
Syntax and semantics of the content are unidentified. This value
is used by mutual agreement of the originator and recipients.
MH-CTI-EXTER-
NAL
Content is prescribed by X.419 for interworking between 1984
and 1988 systems.
MH-CTI-P2-1984 Content encodes an IPM or IPN according to the P2 protocol
rules of Recommendation X.420 (1984), which include the
BER.
MH-CTI-P2-1988 Content encodes an IPM or IPN according to the P2 protocol
rules of Recommendation X.420 (1988), which include the
BER.
MH-CTI-PEDI Content encodes an EDIM or EDIN according to the protocol
rules of Recommendation X.435.