Platform SDK: SMTP Server Events

Document Terminology

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The following terms are used throughout this documentation.

Term Meaning
Event Sink A COM object that exposes an event interface or event interfaces.
Event Source A process or thread that notifies sinks that a particular event has occurred.
Synchronous The occurrence of operations is serialized fashion. Operations are synchronous if they must all be serially coordinated in time.
Asynchronous The occurrence of operations in non-serialized fashion. Operations are asynchronous if they do not need to be serially coordinated in time.