Use of Channel application context

Andy Trayler <andy.trayler@sse.ie> Tue, 31 January 1995 08:33 UTC

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From: Andy Trayler <andy.trayler@sse.ie>
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Subject: Use of Channel application context
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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 08:33:04 +0000
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I was wondering could anyone answer the following question:

Directory based routing makes use of the application context
associated with a target/source MTA to identify the channel over which 
message transfer is to occur. 

Currently, (within the isode code) this is implemented as a simple linear
search through (ch_all) the list of available channels until a suitable
channel is found. The first occurence of a matching channel will be used.

If two channels have the same application context (e.g. an X40088 and XMT
channel) is it possible within the directory to specify a preference for
which channel should be selected?

Andy Trayler
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Use of Channel application context Andy Trayler