Event Architecture

The following section outlines the transport event architecture that the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 platform uses for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) services. This section discusses the following topics:

Event Components

Outlines the various components that make up the event architecture.

Event Bindings

Defines event binding and describes how it relates to creating event sinks for SMTP and NNTP transport events.

Event Source and Sink Binding Properties

Discusses the various properties that you can specify when binding an event sink to a particular event.

The Event Dispatcher and Event Notification

Describes the event dispatcher and explains how bound event sinks are notified of the event occurrence.

Threading and Security

Discusses threading and security issues related to creating and binding SMTP and NNTP transport event sinks.

Cacheable Sinks

Discusses how to create sinks that can be cached by the event dispatcher for subsequent event notifications.