"Protocol Plug-in Programming Guide"

Protocol Plug-in Programming Guide

Protocol Plug-in Programming Guide

This guide explains how to use the Netscape Protocol Level Plug-in API to write SMTP plug-ins that extend Netscape Messaging Server 4.1. June 1999
	Contents


	About This Guide
	What You Should Already Know
	Where to Find the Protocol Plug-in Header File
	Where to Find Messaging Server Information
	Where to Find Information in This Guide
	Document Conventions
	Sample Code

Chapter 1	Introducing the Protocol Level Plug-in API
	How You Can Use Protocol Level Plug-ins
	Protocol Level Plug-ins in Messaging Server 4.1
	How Protocol Level Plug-ins Work
	Multithreading, Global Data, and Mutex
	Memory Use
	Configuring Messaging Server
	Building Protocol Level Plug-ins
	Installation for Protocol Level Plug-in Users

Chapter 2	Using the Protocol Level Plug-in API
	Using Protocol Level Plug-in Functions
	Working with Plug-in Structures
	The ProtPlugSystem Structure
	The PPSessionActions Structure
	Using Macros
	Passing Control to the Next Plug-in
	Retrieving Session-Specific Information

Chapter 3	Protocol Level Plug-in API Reference
	Functions
	PPModule_Init
	PPModule_Exit
	PPModule_NewProtPlug
	ProtPlug_ProcessLine
	ProtPlug_Delete
	Return Values for Functions
	Access Macros
	PPSESSION_DEFERLINE
	PPSESSION_GETPROPERTY
	Data Structures
	PPMutex
	PPSession
	PPSessionActions
	ProtPlugSystem
	ProtPlug
	Plug-in Result Codes

Chapter 4	Sample Protocol Level Plug-ins
	The Anti-Relay Plug-in
	The Tracer Plug-in
	Anti-Relay Plug-in Code
	Tracer Plug-in Code

Chapter 5	Trouble Shooting
	Planning Memory Use
	Handling External Dependencies
	Processing DATA Lines
	Index