OSI/MHS Gateway Programmatic Interface (GPI) Reference Manual

Glossary
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LO (local operations) process
LO (local operations) process. The process in the LO group that provides local functions
analogous those of the Remote Operations Service Element (ROSE) defined in OSI.
The LO process manages associations from local client applications and creates PDUs in
the MR or MS PDU stores during submit operations.
local identifier. A unique identifier that distinguishes an object from all other
communications ever originated by the originating management domain; an attribute of
the MTS identifier object. A local identifier is generated by the GPI when a client
program transfers a communication out to the GPI service.
local user agent. See LUA.
logical MTA. All of the MR groups in an OSI/MHS subsystem.
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.
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 Compaq 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
Compaq data communications subsystems that support DSM. See also subsystem.
manager process. In DSM, a Compaq 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.