OSI/MHS P7 Application Programmatic Interface (P7 API) Manual

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mailbox count
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 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.
message. A communication, typically consisting of multiple, related data elements and
control information.
In X.400, an information object that consists of an envelope and its contents. The
envelope identifies the originator and the potential recipient of the message and
documents its path through the system.
message store. The part of an MHS subsystem that provides capabilities for message storage.
message transfer agent. See MTA.
MHS (message handling system). A set of components providing for exchange of various
types of information, such as interoffice memoranda, among correspondents in a
network. An MHS consists of MTAs for message transfer, message stores for message
storage, and user agents to represent X.400 users.
MHS manager. The OSI/MHS manager process. The MHS manager runs as a NonStop
process pair. The process name is made up of a dollar sign ($) followed by one
alphabetic and up to three alphanumeric characters: for example, $ZMHS. See also
manager process.