FFAPI: Tokens Required in a FFAPI File

 Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q118785
2.10 3.00 MS-DOS kb3rdparty

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit (SDK) File Format Application Program Interface (FFAPI), versions 2.1 and 3.0

Here are the tokens used in the Basic Message Format of the Microsoft Mail File Format(MMFF) file for FFAPI. Information in square brackets [] is optional. Defaults for version 3.00 are listed at the right: 

VERSION:N.NN                                   3.00
TO:[address_type:]address                      One line/address
FROM:[address_type:]address 
[Date:yyyy-mm-dd]                              Current date
[TIME:hh:mm]                                   Current time
[SUBJECT:text] [PRIORITY:value] 
[ATTACHMENTS:filename file_size]               One line/attachment

 -and/or-
[XATTACH:physical_filename[logical_filename]] One line/attachment 
TEXT:text_size                                 One TEXT or XTEXT

 -or-
XTEXT:physical_filename message_contents attachment_contents

NOTE

  • You can include multiple occurrences of TO, ATTACHMENTS, XATTACH.
  • physical_filename - File to be used as the Body(XTEXT) or attachment 
                             (XATTACH) portion of the message.
                         [Drive:][Path]filename or C:\autoexec.bat
  • message_contents - Body of message to be sent.
  • text_size - Includes CR or LF or CRLF, depending on the text 
                             editor used.
  • attachment_contents - Attachment contents.
  • file_size - Complete file size of attachment.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Software Development Kit: File Format API for Gateways and Applications," version 3.0

"Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Software Development Kit Application File Format API," version 2.1

"Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Software Development Kit Gateway File Format API," version 2.1

Additional reference words: 3.00 2.1a 2.1c pcmail
KBCategory: kb3rdparty
KBSubcategory: MailGWFFAPI
Keywords : MailGWFFAPI kb3rdparty
Version : 2.10 3.00
Platform : MS-DOS

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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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