TRANSFER Administration Guide Volume 1 Reference Manual

TRANSFER Operation
Introduction
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correspondent or interest group profile are limited by the attributes that control the
system.
PUBLIC group. An interest group containing all correspondents defined on a given
node of a TRANSFER system. New correspondents are, by default, members of the
PUBLIC group and have shared access to PUBLIC folders and distribution lists.
session. The period between the time a correspondent logs on and begins
communicating with TRANSFER and the time the correspondent logs off and ends
that communication.
shared folder or distribution list. A shared folder or distribution list is the same as a group
folder or distribution list; that is, these shared items are used by the members of an
interest group or by any member of the PUBLIC group. See the definition for interest
group.
system administrator. A collective term used in this manual to refer to any
correspondent who has system administrative write privileges. These correspondents
are usually TRANSFER system administrators or the system manager for a
TRANSFER node.
TRANSFER name directory. A list of names of all correspondents, interest groups,
distribution lists, and folders at a local node. TRANSFER uses this list whenever a
correspondent types a local name.
TRANSFER system manager. The person responsible for setting up, monitoring, and
controlling TRANSFER at a node.
wild-card name. A correspondent, interest group, distribution list, or folder name that
has an asterisk to represent any characters that can appear in that position. It is like a
pattern, except that a wild card can identify only one name.
X.400. An internationally recognized communications protocol. Tandem's X400
gateway connects TRANSFER to the Tandem OSI/MHS X400 product, which in turn
links to other X.400-compatible communications products on systems other than
Tandem systems. Thus, the Tandem X400 gateway and OSI/MHS X400 systems allow
TRANSFER correspondents to exchange packages with users on the other systems.
X400 correspondent. Any correspondent who communicates with other correspondents
on other host computers using a procedure based on the X.400 protocol. Both Tandem
TRANSFER correspondents and users of the other systems can have X400 user names
and participate in package exchanges across X.400 networks. Tandem's X400
GATEWAY connects TRANSFER to Tandem OSI/MHS X400, which in turn links to
other X.400-compatible systems.
TRANSFER Operation TRANSFER delivers information from a sender to one or more recipients, or
correspondents. A correspondent can be a person or interest group, an input or
output device, or a process. Local correspondents are those at the same node or
system; remote correspondents are those at other nodes in the network. Foreign
correspondents are those on networks or nodes not supported by Tandem, with
whom TRANSFER correspondents can communicate through the Tandem X400
GATEWAY.