MHS: How Priority Levels are Mapped to Microsoft Mail

 Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q97652
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The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.0

Novell Message Handling Service (MHS) has three message priority levels, which the Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS maps as logically as possible to its own priority levels.

Here are the priorities and what they are mapped to:

MS-DOS Client

1 - Low 2 - Medium 3 - Medium 4 - Medium 5 - High R - High

Windows Client

Low - Low Normal - Medium High - High

Messages with return receipts are classified as high priority, even though within Microsoft Mail a return receipt does not affect priority.

NOTE: There may be interoperability problems when some other systems map priorities to MHS. Messages received with unknown priority are mapped to the medium priority.

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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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