3COM: Which PC Mail Files Are Accessed by the Gateway

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Mail Gateway to 3Com 3+Mail, version 3.0

The files accessed by the Microsoft Mail Gateway to 3Com 3+Mail are the same files accessed by the Microsoft Mail File Format API (FFAPI) programs.

   File                          Action
   ----                          ------

   Open mail file                Verify input file exists.
   ACCESS2.GLB                   Verify admin ID/password.
   ACCESS.GLB
   MASTER.GLB                    Check network type for MS Mail.
   C850SORT.GLB                  Get sort information.
   ACCESS2.GLB
   GROUP.GLB                     Get group information.
   NETWORK.GLB                   Get network information.
   Read from mail file
   CONTROL.GLB                   Get unique filename.
   Create and write to MAI file  Writes mail message.
   Create and write to P1 file   Creates envelope file with address.
   INQUEUE.KEY                   Creates pointer to record in MBG
                                 file.
   INQUEUE.MBG                   Writes header for P1 file.
   INQUEUE.KEY
   Mail file
   INQUEUE.MBG
   INQUEUE.KEY                   Get pointer to unprocessed mail.
   INQUEUE.MBG                   Get P1 and MAI filename.
   P1 file
   MAI file
   Gateway KEY file              Gets pointer to record in MBG file.
   Gateway MBG file              Writes header for MAI file.
   Gateway KEY file              Updates pointer.
   Delete P1 file
   Close INQUEUE.KEY
   Close MAI file
   Close INQUEUE.MBG
   Close mail file
   Delete mail file