This message flow diagram illustrates how inbound message flow from the Internet through the GroupWise directory structure to the GroupWise recipient. The link between the GWIA and the MTA for the recipient’s domain is a TCP/IP link.
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An Internet user sends a message to a GroupWise user. The GWIA receives the message from the external Internet host and places the message file in the wpgate/gwia/receive directory. |
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The GWIA polls the receive directory according to the setting on the Gateway Time Settings page of the GWIA object in ConsoleOne. It picks up the message file, converts it to GroupWise format, and places a copy in the wpgate/gwia/wpcsin/0-7 directory, where 0-7 is one of the priority subdirectories from 0-7. The GWIA puts messages only in the 4 directory, used for normal priority messages. |
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The GWIA then communicates the message to the MTA for the recipient’s domain by way of TCP/IP. When the transmission is successful, it deletes the copy in the in the wpgate/gwia/wpcsin/0-7 directory. |
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The MTA for the recipient’s domain receives the message and places it into the MTA “in progress” (gwinprog) queue. |
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The MTA determines which post office in the domain the recipient is located in, then moves the message to that post office’s hold queue (mslocal/mshold/postx/0-7). |
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The MTA for the recipient’s domain then communicates the message to the POA in the recipient’s post office by way of TCP/IP. |
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When it receives the new message, the POA for the recipient’s post office performs the following actions:
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The Notify component of the recipient’s GroupWise client notifies the recipient that a new message has arrived. |
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Each recipient opens the message in the GroupWise client. |