What is MHS, and how does it relate to the Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS?
A. Message Handling Service, MHS, is a product sold by Novell. It consists of three components: a directory manager, a connectivity manager, and a transport server. The directory manager is an administrative tool used to define the MHS database. The connectivity manager routes messages within the database. The transport server transfers messages from one MHS database to another. MHS databases communicate with each other asynchronously. Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS is a gateway application that conforms to the Standard Message Format version 70 (SMF70) specification. It retrieves messages from Microsoft Mail and converts them into the SMF70 format, then deposits them in the MHS database. From here, the MHS connectivity manager is responsible for final delivery to the recipient. The gateway will also pick up mail routed to it from the MHS connectivity manager, convert it to Microsoft Mail format, and deliver it to the Microsoft Mail postoffice.
