-- Copyright (C) 1981, 1984, 1985 by Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved. -- SendDefs.mesa - DEFS for client sending mail -- -- HGM, 19-Mar-86 19:55:25 -- Andrew Birrell 23-Jan-81 11:00:14 -- DIRECTORY BodyDefs USING [ItemType, Password, RName, Timestamp]; SendDefs: DEFINITIONS = BEGIN -- These defs allow clients to inject messages into the mail system. They -- are designed so that they can be used by multiple processes creating -- different messages; the state of creation of a single message is -- represented by a "Handle". The interface is also designed so that it -- may be implemented either by transmission over the network to a remote -- mail server, or by calls on a local mail server. -- Handle: TYPE [SIZE[LONG POINTER]]; Create: PROCEDURE RETURNS [handle: Handle]; Destroy: PROCEDURE [handle: Handle]; -- For any one Handle, the following calls must be made in the order: -- StartSend, -- AddRecipient, AddRecipient, AddRecipient, . . . -- CheckValidity {iff "validate=TRUE" when "StartSend" was called}, -- StartItem, (AddToItem, AddToItem, . . .), StartItem, (...), . . . -- (GetStamp) Send -- Abort may be called at any point to abandon the sequence. SendFailed: ERROR [notDelivered: BOOLEAN]; -- "StartSend" raises no signals that may be caught by the client. -- The ERROR "SendFailed" may be raised by any of AddRecipient, -- CheckValidity, StartItem, AddToItem, or Send if some communication -- failure occurs. If it is raised, the client should generally catch -- it, go back to the start of the message, and re-call "StartSend". -- "StartSend" will then attempt to find a better mail server to talk -- to. Only when "StartSend" returns "allDown" is it not possible to -- send the message. The client may want to inform the user if this -- re-try mechanism has been invoked. StartSendInfo: TYPE = {ok, badPwd, badSender, badReturnTo, allDown}; StartSend: PROC [ handle: Handle, senderPwd: LONG STRING, sender: BodyDefs.RName, returnTo: BodyDefs.RName ← NIL, validate: BOOLEAN] RETURNS [StartSendInfo]; -- Starts a message. If "returnTo" is NIL, the sender name is used as -- return-to name. "validate" says whether recipient names should be -- validated during the communication with the mail server. -- SendFromClient: PROC [ handle: Handle, fromNet: [0..256), fromHost: [0..256), senderKey: BodyDefs.Password, sender: BodyDefs.RName, returnTo: BodyDefs.RName, validate: BOOLEAN] RETURNS [StartSendInfo]; -- Note: this procedure is intended for use only by the remote server. -- Starts a message. "fromNet" and "fromHost" are ignored if the mail -- server is remote. "validate" says whether recipient names should be -- validated during the communication with the mail server. -- AddRecipient: PROC [handle: Handle, recipient: BodyDefs.RName]; -- Adds to the recipient list. -- CheckValidity: PROC [ handle: Handle, notify: PROCEDURE [CARDINAL, BodyDefs.RName]] RETURNS [ok: CARDINAL]; -- Must be called after all the recipients have been given, iff the -- "validate" argument to "StartSend" was TRUE. Calls "notify" for each -- bad recipient. The arguments to "notify" are the recipient number -- (counting from 1) and name of an illegal recipient. Returns the -- number of valid recipients. If any recipients were invalid, delivery -- of the message is still allowed. StartItem: PROC [handle: Handle, type: BodyDefs.ItemType]; -- Start a message body item. The type must not be "Postmark", -- "Sender", "ReturnTo", or "Recipients". -- StartText: PROC [handle: Handle] = INLINE {StartItem[handle, Text]}; AddToItem: PROC [ handle: Handle, buffer: LONG DESCRIPTOR FOR PACKED ARRAY OF CHARACTER]; -- Add the data to the current message body item. -- GetStamp: PROC [handle: Handle] RETURNS [BodyDefs.Timestamp]; -- Returns timestamp of current message. Send: PROC [handle: Handle]; -- Commit to sending the message; returns only when the mail server has -- commited to delivering the message. -- Abort: PROC [handle: Handle]; -- Abandon the message. May be called at any time. -- ExpandInfo: TYPE = {ok, notFound, individual, allDown}; ExpandFailed: ERROR; Expand: PROC [name: BodyDefs.RName, work: PROC [BodyDefs.RName]] RETURNS [ExpandInfo]; -- If the name will be interpreted by the mail server as a distribution -- list, enumerates the names which are direct members of that list. -- This is intended for use only if the user wants to inspect the -- contents. Note that the contents may change, or the name may become -- invalid, before delivery of any message. "Expand" works even if the -- list has to be read from an MTP server. May raise "ExpandFailed". -- If ExpandFailed is raised, some communication error has occurred; -- you should re-call Expand, which will try another server. Note that -- failure of Expand may be caused by failure of some remote server; -- you may still be able to send a message successfully. -- "notFound" means the name is invalid; "individual" means the name -- specifies an individual; "allDown" means either all mail servers -- are inaccessible, or some other server (possibly MTP) needed for the -- expansion is inaccessible. END.