(PAB) A modifiable MAPI address book container that holds recipient entries either created by the user or copied from other address book containers. Each session can optionally designate a container to act as the PAB. Personal address book objects are commonly contained in files with the .PAB filename extension.
(PST) A MAPI message store object that is created by a user and is stored in a file with the .PST filename extension.
post
The action of storing a message in a publicly known location such as a public folder. A message is posted for the purpose of making a single copy widely available for reading by human users or processing by an application.
An X.400 messaging term indicating a message that has a specific message class identifier but no content. A probe is used by X.400 message senders to determine whether a message of a particular message class can be sent to a particular recipient, and if so, how.
profile
Configuration information about the set of message services for a session. Profiles are created from information stored in the MAPI configuration file, MAPISVC.INF. A profile can be modified by MAPI, a service provider, or a MAPI configuration interface. See alsomessage service.
profile name
A text string that identifies a particular profile.
A MAPI table object that provides access to the name of every profile on a particular computer.
property
A data attribute of a MAPI object that implements the IMAPIProp : IUnknown interface. Such an object exposes its defined properties to other objects that call IMAPIProp. The same property can be defined on more than one type of MAPI object. The information that designates a MAPI property is contained in its property tag. The property's actual data contents are held in its property value. See alsonamed property. For more information, see Properties.
One section or page of a property sheet, accessed by selecting one of the property sheet tabs.
property set
A group of named properties specified by a GUID. Each named property in the set has the GUID as part of its name, so the GUID identifies a name space. A property set can be user-defined, in which case there is no restriction on the individual property names. In a MAPI-defined name space such as PS_PUBLIC_STRINGS, names must be selected that do not conflict with existing names. For more information, see Property Names and Property Sets.
property sheet
A common dialog box that is used to display configuration information to the user and to enable the user to modify that information. A property sheet contains a collection of one or more property pages.
A 16-bit integer value that describes the data type for a property and whether it can contain a single value or multiple values. The property type is contained in the low-order 16 bits of the property tag. For more information, see About Property Types.
A MAPI table object that provides access to information about every currently loaded service provider.
proxy address
A non-native e-mail address for a recipient, that is, an address meaningful outside of the recipient's messaging domain, such as an Internet or fax address.