Microsoft KB Archive/87651

= FFAPI: Sending Mail Through the MCI Gateway Using FFAPI =

Article ID: 87651

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q87651



SUMMARY
This article describes how to address mail items being sent using Microsoft Mail File Format APIs to an MCI Mail address using the Microsoft Mail Gateway to MCI.



MORE INFORMATION
Here is the format of an MCI Mail address, as it should appear in the FFAPI file's TO: field:

TO:MCI:Username^0D EMS:EMSname^0D MBX:MCIMailbox^0D

Here is a description of the options used:   Option      Description --     ---

TO:        This is a required token for the FFAPI file. Multiple TO: fields are allowed.

MCI:       This token indicates that the following address is an               MCI Mail address.

Username:  This is the name of the person being sent to.

^0D        The ASCII code for a carriage return (required).

EMS:       This token indicates the name or number of the recipient's REMS account.

EMSname    The actual EMS should be entered here.

^0D        The ASCII code for a carriage return (required).

MBX        This token indicates any additional information required by the remote system. If the remote system is              a Microsoft Mail system, the full Microsoft Mail address is entered here.

MCIMailbox: The actual MBX of the person being sent to. If the remote system is a Microsoft Mail system, the full Microsoft Mail address is entered here. There can be only one MBX field in an address.

^0D        The ASCII code for a carriage return (required). Note that there is a space before the EMS token and one before the MBX token. These are required. The carriage return symbol at the end of the line is in addition to whatever code your text editor inserts.

The actual message body requires a header separator after the TEXT: token. That is, the first line after TEXT: should be a line of 78 characters, to separate the header from the message body. This needs to be included in the TEXT count.

