Stage 3: Remote User's Groupwise Client; Stage 4: Remote User's Groupwise Client (Modem Connection); Stage 5: Async Gateway; Stage 6: Async Gateway - Novell GROUPWISE 7 ASYNC GATEWAY - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation And Administration Manual

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Stage 3: Remote User's GroupWise Client

When the user initiates the modem connection, the GroupWise client on the remote computer polls
the wpcsin\1 subdirectory and compresses the outgoing messages and/or requests into a file. If the
compressed file totals over 50 KB, additional compressed files are created. The GroupWise client
next moves the compressed files into the wpgwsend directory, then dials in to the gateway and logs
in.

Stage 4: Remote User's GroupWise Client (Modem Connection)

When the login process is completed, the GroupWise client on the remote computer transmits the
compressed message/request files across the modem connection to the system where the user's
Master Mailbox is located.

Stage 5: Async Gateway

The Async gateway picks up the message/request files and decompresses them.

Stage 6: Async Gateway

The Async gateway moves the message/request files to the MTA input queue.

Stage 7: MTA in Remote User's Domain

The MTA in the Remote user's domain polls its input queues as specified by Scan Cycle in Agent
Settings in ConsoleOne. When it detects the new message or request from the Remote user, the
MTA picks it up from its domain input queue and transfers it to its output queue in the post office
where the Remote user's Master Mailbox is located.
The MTA output queue is the input queue for the POA in the post office where the Remote user's
Master Mailbox is located. This message flow diagram illustrates only the simplest case, where
the recipient is in the same post office as the Remote user's Master Mailbox. If the Remote user
sends a message to a user in any other post office, the MTA would route the message to the
appropriate destination.

Stage 8: POA in Remote User's Post Office

The POA polls its input queue regularly to quickly detect the new message or request from the
Remote user. When the Remote user sends a message, the POA performs the following actions:
Adds the message to the Remote user's message database (msg0-24.db file). This updates the
Remote user's Master Mailbox.
Creates a pointer in the recipient's user database (userxxx.db file) so the message appears in
the recipient's In Box, and updates the notification information in the user database so the
recipient can be notified of the message.
Places attachments larger than 2 KB in the post_office\offiles\fd 0-7f subdirectory in the
Remote user's post office and creates pointers from the message to its attachments. (For
database efficiency, messages and recipient lists larger than 2 KB are also handled as
attachments.)
Creates a Delivered status message in the priority 1 subdirectory of the Remote user's MTA
input queue.
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