Understanding Message Delivery And Storage In The Post Office; Post Office Representation In Consoleone - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Understanding Message Delivery
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and Storage in the Post Office
A post office is a collection of user mailboxes and GroupWise
mailboxes by the Post Office Agent (POA). The following topics help you understand the post office
and the functions of the POA:
Section 35.1, "Post Office Representation in ConsoleOne," on page 475
Section 35.2, "Post Office Directory Structure," on page 476
Section 35.3, "Information Stored in the Post Office," on page 476
Section 35.4, "Post Office Access Mode," on page 480
Section 35.5, "Role of the Post Office Agent," on page 481
Section 35.6, "Message Flow in the Post Office," on page 483
Section 35.7, "Cross-Platform Issues in the Post Office," on page 483

35.1 Post Office Representation in ConsoleOne

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In ConsoleOne , post offices are container objects that contain at least one POA object, as shown
below:
ConsoleOne View Showing the POA Object
Figure 35-1
Although each post office is linked to a domain, it does not display as subordinate to the domain in
the Console View. However, using the GroupWise View, you can display post offices as subordinate
to the domains to which they are linked in your GroupWise system.
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objects. Messages are delivered into

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