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Managing mail with MMDF

Processing incoming mail

MMDF receives incoming mail from each channel's input program. How MMDF handles incoming mail is illustrated in ``Incoming mail''.

Incoming mail

Each message is delivered using this procedure:

  1. The submit program determines the destination of the message and then designates the channel to use to deliver the mail.

  2. MMDF selects a channel:

  3. The submit program puts the message in the appropriate channel queue.

  4. The deliver program transfers the mail from each queue to the appropriate channel.

  5. The message is delivered to the user.

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