-- 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.