Connector Application Responsibilities

The MSMQ Connector Server should be transparent to the applications running on MSMQ computers. The connector application running on the server must be able to:

• Handle the time-to-be-received timer. The time-to-reach-queue timer stops when the message reaches the connector queues.
• Handle the acknowledgment level of messages. The connector must return the appropriate acknowledgment messages to the appropriate administration queue according to the message properties.
• When the connector application creates an acknowledgment message, it must set the PROPID_M_CLASS and PROPID_M_CONNECTOR_TYPE properties when it sends the acknowledgment back to the sending application.
• Complete any pending transaction status for transacted messages. For information on transactions with foreign queues, see Using the MSMQ Connector in a Transaction.
• Handle security issues appropriately. See Connector Application Security for information on handling encrypted messages and authenticating messages.