TRANSFER Installation and Management Guide

Gateway Depots
The X400 Gateway
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Gateway Depots A depot, the _X400_ depot, is defined at each gateway node. This depot is used when
a message needs to be exported to a foreign X400 network. When a message to be sent
to an X400 correspondent arrives at the local gateway node, the message is saved in
the _X400_ depot’s INBOX folder for each X400 recipient. The message ID is placed on
a queue, and the export server is informed that it has work to do.
In addition to the usual special folders defined for each depot—the INBOX, the
OUTLOG, and the WASTEBASKET— four other special folders are defined for the
_X400_ depot. The X400-EXPORT, X400-IMPORT, X400-EXPORT-PROBLEM, and
the X400-IMPORT-PROBLEM folders are used to save imported or exported items for
a configurable length of time of at least two weeks. Saving items in these folders
ensures that they are not deleted from the gateway node. Section 6, “System
Installation Procedures,” discusses these folders.