TRANSFER Administration Guide Volume 1 Reference Manual

1 Introduction
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Overview ADMIN is an application of the Tandem TRANSFER delivery system, a high-level
software product that reliably supports communications between people, devices, and
running programs, or processes. Using ADMIN, a TRANSFER system administrator
can perform various administrative tasks to support users of TRANSFER applications
such as PS MAIL 6530.
This section defines terminology specific to TRANSFER and ADMIN, gives a high-
level description of TRANSFER functionality, and describes the functions a system
administrator can access in ADMIN to support TRANSFER application users.
Terminology The following key terms are used in the TRANSFER environment, which includes
TRANSFER applications such as ADMIN. See the glossary at the end of this manual
for definitions of additional terms.
agent. A program that automatically handles messages delivered to a correspondent's
INBOX folder. (Your system manager can explain whether an agent is written in
SCREEN COBOL or in another application language that needs to have a server class
configured in the PATHWAY system.)
client. A requester program that provides the interface between correspondents and
the TRANSFER delivery system. PS MAIL 6530, PS MAIL 3270, PS MAIL TTY, and
ADMIN are all TRANSFER clients.
component. An item added to a TRANSFER package.
correspondent. A sender and/or receiver of information within the TRANSFER system.
A correspondent can be a person process, or device.
depot. That part of the TRANSFER database that is associated with a particular
correspondent or interest group. It can be compared to a post office box that you
rent—you hold the key, but system administrators, like postal authorities, have certain
access. A private depot is privately owned by an individual correspondent, and a
group depot is shared among all the correspondents belonging to the interest group
associated with that depot. A depot includes the profiles, folders, and distribution lists
that belong to the correspondent or the interest group.
depot owner. The user or interest group for whom a depot is created.
distribution lists. Predefined lists of recipients for packages. A distribution list, which
provides a simple method of sending a package to multiple destinations, belongs to
the correspondent who creates it; however, any correspondent can use a distribution
list.
electronic bulletin board. A folder that is accessible to the members of an interest group.
Group members can read items in the bulletin board and save items to the bulletin
board for other members to read.
folder. Places where packages are stored in a private or group depot. Folders defined
for a private depot can be viewed only by the correspondent depot owner. Folders
defined for a group depot can be viewed by anyone in the group. In addition to the