Servers are executable programs whose behavior is explained in Appendix 9.
They should be located in the directory named in the exec program SERV.EXE file and theconfiguration file
init.srv. The server programs are activated when receiving a message whose destination has been defined
in the init.srv file.
When a private type message is received, whose destination is defined in the init.srv file, the program corresponding to the destination of the triggering message is called with the name of a temporary file on the command line. This temporary file contains a message function of the requested server (see description of servers below). At the completion of the server program, the incoming mail file is checked to import an answer, should there be one. The message addressed to the server is erased after this processing. The temporary file must be erased by the server-program.
Servers are declared in the init.srv file.
Example :
------ # List of servers : # # Destination Name of program # REQDIR REQDIR.COM REQFIL REQFIL.COM NEWDOC NEWDOC.EXE # # End of file INIT.SRV
Examples of Server programs.