Object oriented mail server framework mechainism

• Main Authors: ERANK WILLIAM GILCHRIST, ERIC H. JENNEY, ERIC NELS HERNESS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 05.05.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

用于面向对象的编程系统的框架提供了公共消息处理系统结构，该结构能够被置于任何OOP平台上并得到适当配置以支持任何电子邮件消息协议标准或具体的邮递服务器功能。该框架把电子邮件消息定义为若干不同的对象，这些对象每一个都包含描述消息的某一部分的信息。实施了该框架的系统所接收的所有消息，都被定义在其核心对象结构上。另一组对象和方法定义了邮递服务器处理消息所需的处理步骤。 A framework for use with object-oriented programming systems provides a common message processing system structure that can be placed on any OOP platform and be configured to support any e-mail message protocol standard or specific mail server function. The framework defines an e-mail message as a number of distinct objects, each of which contains information that describes some portion of the message. All messages received by a system in which the framework is implemented are defined on this core object structure. Another set of objects and methods define the processing steps required for a mail server to process a message. A message is received as a class of message objects, which are assigned a message type that determines the subsequent processing steps to which the message object is subjected. As a message is processed, the objects of which it is comprised are changed, so that the message processing can be interrupted and then resumed without loss or duplication of processing steps.