Message Processing Threads

When mtaDequeueStart() is called, a communication path with the MTA Job Controller is established. The Job Controller is then asked if there are messages to be processed for the channel. Typically there will be messages to process since the Job Controller normally only starts channel programs when there are queued messages in need of processing. Based upon information obtained from the Job Controller, mtaDequeueStart() will then begin to create non-joinable processing threads. Each processing thread immediately begins processing the queued messages.

For further information about the exact steps a message processing thread goes through, see Debugging Programs and Logging Diagnostics.