FFAPI: The Role of FFAPI

Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q85039

3.00 MS-DOS kb3rdparty

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit: FFAPI for Gateways and Applications, version 3.0

The File Format Application Programming Interface (FFAPI) is a set of executable programs which, when provided with a correctly formatted file, inserts mail into the Microsoft Mail database, and extracts mail from a specified user's mailbag.

FFAPI is provided in three formats: Gateway FFAPI, Application FFAPI, and Remote FFAPI.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Software Development Kit

For more information, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (depending on the topic of your interest):

   gateway and role and FFAPI

   application and role and FFAPI

   remote application and role and FFAPI

Additional reference words: 3.00 pcmail 2.1a 2.1d
KBCategory: kb3rdparty
KBSubcategory: MailGWFFAPI

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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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