TRANSFER Programming Manual

4 Naming TRANSFER Objects
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Programs written for a TRANSFER application reference various types of TRANSFER
objects. The following TRANSFER objects can be referenced by the TRANSFER
delivery system simple names, either alone or in combination with each other:
Correspondents
Items
Folders
Distribution lists
Items and packages have unique identifiers that are described in Section 3.
This section discusses TRANSFER simple names and the elements of each type of
TRANSFER object name. The last part of this section describes how the TRANSFER
delivery system stores and searches for names.
Characters in Names The group of all characters that the TRANSFER delivery system stores and makes
available for text is called the base (canonical) character set. The group of characters
within the base character set that the TRANSFER delivery system accepts within
simple names is known as the name character set.
A standard base character set and a standard name character set are defined for the
TRANSFER delivery system and are furnished with the system. The TRANSFER
administrator can redefine the base and the name character sets for a TRANSFER
system through the use of a configuration option. Refer to the TRANSFER Installation
and Management Guide for more information.
A simple TRANSFER name can have a maximum of 32 characters. (X400
Originator/Recipient names can be longer.) You must choose these characters from
the name character set configured for the TRANSFER delivery system. The character
sets in effect for a particular TRANSFER system apply to all nodes on which the
system is running. On TRANSFER systems configured with the standard TRANSFER
name character set, simple names can include any of the following characters:
Letters A through Z (uppercase and lowercase are equivalent)
Digits 0 through 9
Underscore (_) and hyphen (-)
All non-English alphabetic characters (letters) included in the International
Standard Organization (ISO) 8859/1.2 standard and listed below:
ÀÁÂÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏ
ÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜ
´
Yß
àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîï
ñòóôõöøùúûü´yÿ
Blanks and periods are not allowed within a simple TRANSFER name.