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Q85039: FFAPI: The Role of FFAPI

Article: Q85039
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit: FFAPI for Gateways and Applications, version 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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The File Format Application Programming Interface (FFAPI) is a set of executable
programs which, when provided with a correctly formatted file, inserts mail into
the Microsoft Mail database, and extracts mail from a specified user's mailbag.

FFAPI is provided in three formats: Gateway FFAPI, Application FFAPI, and Remote
FFAPI.

REFERENCES
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Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Software Development Kit

For more information, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base (depending on the topic of your interest):

  "gateway" (without the quotation marks) and "role" (without the quotation
  marks) and "FFAPI" (without the quotation marks)

  "application" (without the quotation marks) and "role" (without the quotation
  marks) and "FFAPI" (without the quotation marks)

  "remote application" (without the quotation marks) and "role" (without the
  quotation marks) and "FFAPI" (without the quotation marks)


Additional query words: 3.00 pcmail 2.1a 2.1d

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbMailSearch kbSDKSearch
Version           : MS-DOS:3.0

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