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XIMSS Protocol
The CommuniGate Pro Server implements the XML Interface to Messaging, Scheduling and Signaling (XIMSS) protocol.
The Interface is implemented with the XIMSS module supporting TCP/IP networks.
The protocol session examples use the S: marker to show the data sent by the Server,
and the C: marker to show the data sent by a Client.
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Protocol and Message Syntax
XML API clients should open clear-text or secure TCP connections
to the CommuniGate Pro Server XML module. When a connection is established, both
sides can send and receive messages.
Each message is a text string ending with a binary zero byte.
Each message should be formatted as an XML document.
A client asks the Server to take actions and/or to retrieve data by sending a request message.
Each request message must contain the id attribute.
When the Server completes the requested operation, it sends back a response message:
- response
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Attributes:
- id
- the same as the id attribute of the request message.
- errorText
- this optional attribute is present only if the operation has failed. It contains the error message text.
- errorNum
- this optional attribute is present only if the operation has failed. It contains the numeric error code.
Example:
C:<noop id="A001"/>
S:<response id="A001"/>
C:<myCommand id="A002" myParam="user1@example.dom" />
S:<response id="A002" errorText="unknown command" errorNum="500" />
A client can send the next request message without waiting for the
current request response (pipelining).
The Server can send
data messages to the client:
- when it processes a client request message;
these messages are sent before the response message is sent;
these messages include the same id attribute as the request message.
- when an asynchronous Server event (such as arrival of an Alert or an Instant Message) is delivered
to the client session.
these messages do not include any id attribute.
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Example:
C:<noop id="A001"/>
S:<alert>Account is over quota</alert>
S:<response id="A001"/>
S:<alert>Please logout, as we are shutting down.</alert>
Note: a Client must send some command to the Server at least once in 10 minutes,
otherwise the Server closes the connection.
Login Operations
After a connection with the Server is established, the client can perform
only the operations listed in this section, till the
login operation succeeds.
When a connection is established, the Server takes the IP Address the client has connected to
and selects the Domain this IP address is assigned to.
Operations in this section can explicitly specify an alternative target Domain: if it is found,
the new target Domain is set and it is used in the next operations.
- listFeatures
- This operation tells the server to return a features message containing available communication and authentication options.
- Attributes:
- domain
- optional target Domain name.
- readStrings
- This operation reads the vocabulary (words, tags, button names, etc.) stored on the Server.
The Server sends a strings data message with the dictionary data (see below).
- Attributes:
- language
- the vocabulary language. If the attribute is missing, the Account Language preference string is used.
- starttls
- This operation tells the server to establish SSL/TLS security on this connection.
- Attributes:
- domain
- optional target Domain name.
If the server returns a positive response, the client should start SSL/TLS negotiations immediately.
- recoverPassword
- This operation asks the server to E-mail the password of the specified Account to the E-mail address
the Account user has specified.
- Attributes:
- domain
- optional target Domain name.
- userName
- the Account name.
If the server returns a positive response, the Account password has been E-mailed.
Note: this operation introduces a delay before returning a response.
- signup
- This operation tells the Server to create a new Account.
- Attributes:
- domain
- optional target Domain name.
- userName
- the new Account name.
- password
- the new Account password.
- realName
- a Real Name of the new Account owner (optional).
- recoverPassword
- an E-mail address that can be used to recover a forgotten password (optional).
If the server returns a positive response, the Account has been created.
Note: this operation does not log user into a newly created Account.
Note: this operation introduces a delay before returning a response.
- login
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- Attributes:
- domain
- optional target Domain name.
- method
- this attribute specifies the SASL method to use.
If this attribute is missing the clear-text (password) method is used.
- authData
- If the clear-text method is used, this attribute contains the username.
For all other methods, this is a string with base64-encoded SASL protocol data.
- password
- This attribute is used for the clear-text method only, it contains the user
password in the clear-text form.
Example:
C:<login id="A001" authData="user1@example.dom" password="123rtu" />
S:<session id="A001" urlID="12-skejlkieuoiuoi-dnciru" userName="user1@example.dom" realName="User J. Smith"/>
S:<response id="A001"/>
The Server sends the following data messages:
- features
- This synchronous data message is sent when the Server processes the listFeatures operation.
- Body:
- a set of XML elements:
- domain
- the target Domain name.
- sasl
- the text body of this element is the name of the SASL mechanism enabled for the target Domain.
- starttls
- if this element is present, the client can perform the starttls operation.
- language
- the text body of this element contains the default language selected for the target Domain.
If this element is absent, the default (English) language is selected.
- signup
- if this element is present, the client can perform the signup operation with the target Domain.
- session
- This message contains information about the newly created session. It is sent before the
positive response for the login operation is sent.
- Attributes:
- urlID
- the session ID string. This ID string can be used to access session data via HTTP.
- userName
- the authenticated Account full name (accountName@domainName).
- realName
- the authenticated Account user Real Name (this attribute is absent if the Real Name is not specified in the Account Settings).
Examples:
C:<login id="A001" authData="user1@example2.dom" password="rrr123" />
S:<response id="A001" errorCode="account has been moved to a remote system" errorNum="518" />
When the specified SASL method involves sending a challenge to the client,
it is sent as a challenge data message, with the value attribute
containing the base64-encoded SASL protocol challenge data.
The client should respond by sending an auth request with the same id
attribute as one used in the login request, and the value attribute
containing the base64-encoded SASL protocol response data.
Example (see RFC2195):
C:<login id="A001" method="CRAM-MD5" />
S:<challenge value="PDE4OTYuNjk3MTcwOTUyQHBvc3RvZmZpY2UucmVzdG9uLm1jaS5uZXQ+" />
C:<auth id="A001" value="dGltIGI5MTNhNjAyYzdlZGE3YTQ5NWI0ZTZlNzMzNGQzODkw" />
S:<session id="A001" urlID="12-skejlkieuoiuoi-dnciru" userName="user1@example.dom" realName="User J. Smith"/>
S:<response id="A001"/>
Service Operations
The following operations can be used to manage the client-server connection.
- noop
- This operation does not do anything and it always succeeds.
- bye
- This operation does not do anything and it always succeeds. After the response message
is sent to the client, the Server closes the connection and destroys the current session.
- passwordModify
- This operation modifies the Account Password and/or the Password Recovery E-mail Address.
- Attributes:
- oldPassword
- the current Account password. The operation verifies this password before attempting any modification.
- newPassword
- this optional attribute specifies the new password.
The password modification operation must be allowed for this Account.
- recoveryEMail
- this optional attribute specifies the new password recovery E-mail.
- SMIMEUnlock
- This operation unlocks the Account Private Key stored on the Server.
When the Private Key is unlocked, the Server decrypts encrypted parts of messages
retrieved using the folderRead operation.
The Server can also encrypt and/or digitally sign submitted messages.
Note: this operation transfers the unlocking string ("storage password") in clear text.
The client application should use this command only over a secure (TLS) connection.
Note: the unlocked Private Key is added to the current session data only,
and it is not stored anywhere.
If a different session is opened for the same Account, it should unlock the Private Key by itself.
- Attributes:
- password
- the unlocking string (password).
- duration
- optional attribute - the time (in seconds) to keep the Private Key unlocked;
the Private Key is automatically locked aftet this period of time.
- SMIMEModifyPassword
- This operation changes the password string protecting the Account Private Key
in the Server storage. The Account Private Key must be unlocked.
Note: this operation transfers the unlocking string ("storage password") in
clear text. The client application should use this command only over a secure (TLS)
connection.
- Attributes:
- password
- the new unlocking string (password).
- SMIMELock
- This operation locks the Account Private Key stored on the Server
(it removes the unlocked Private Key from the current session data).
It is recommended to use this operation after a certain period of user inactivity.
- clearUploaded
- This operation removes one or all files from the "uploaded file set".
- Attributes:
- uploadID
- if this optional parameter is specified, only the file with this fileID is removed from the "uploaded file set".
If this parameter is not specified, all files are removed from the "uploaded file set".
- readStrings
- This operation reads the vocabulary (words, tags, button names, etc.) stored on the Server.
The Server sends a strings data message with the dictionary data (see below).
- Attributes:
- language
- the vocabulary language. If the attribute is missing, the Account Language preference string is used.
- readTime
- This operation reads the current time from the Server. The Server sends a currentTime message.
- readStatus
- This operation reads the current Account status. The Server sends a currentStatus message.
- listKnownValues
- This operation causes the Server to send a knownValues message. This message contains
sets of "known values": known Time Zone names, character set names, etc.
- cliExecute
- This operation executes a Network CLI command.
- Body:
- the CLI command text
If the CLI command produces a result, the Server sends a cliResult message.
- retrieveXML
- This operation reads an XML document from a remote server.
- Attributes:
- url
- the URL (http: or https:) of the XML document.
If the document is successfully retrieved, the Server sends a retrievedXML message with the retrieved document content.
- spellerList
- This operation causes the Server to send speller messages, containing the names of installed spell checkers.
- spellerCheck
- This operation checks the spelling of an arbitrary text. For each spelling error found, the Server sends a spellerReport message.
- Attributes:
- speller
- the spell checker name.
Body:
- the text to check.
The Server can send the following service data messages at any time:
- alert
- The authenticated account has received an Alert. As soon as the Server
sends the Alert data message to the Client, the Alert message is marked as "confirmed".
- Body:
- the Alert text (in the UTF-8 encoding).
The Server can send the following data messages:
- strings
- This synchronous data message is sent when the Server processes the readStrings request.
- Attributes:
- language
- the selected langauge.
Body:
- a set of string and strings XML elements. Each element has the name attribute -
the name (or "key") of the vocabulary element.
String-type vocabulary elements are presented using string elements. The string element body is the
vocabulary element value.
Dictionary-type vocabulary elements are presented using strings elements. The strings element body
is the set of string XML elements.
Example:
The Client reads the default (english) vocabulary.
C:<readStrings id="A001">
S:<strings id="A001" language="" >
<string name="AppendButton">Append</string>
<strings name="AppendModes">
<string name="simple">Simple Mode</string>
<string name="advanced">Advanced Mode</string>
</strings>
</strings>
S:<response id="A001"/>
- currentTime
- These messages are sent when the Server processes the readTime request.
- Attributes:
- gmtTime
- the current Server time (GMT).
- localTime
- the current Server time (in the selected time zone).
- currentStatus
- These messages are sent when the Server processes the readStatus request.
- Body:
- a set of XML elements:
- messageStore
- The information about the Account Message Storage.
- Attributes:
- used
- the currently used storage (in bytes).
- limit
- the storage quota. This attribute is absent if the quota is set to Unlimited.
- PrevLogin
- The information about the previous successful login.
- Attributes:
- gmtTime
- the login time (GMT).
- localTime
- the login time (in the selected time zone).
- ip
- the network address from which the user logged in.
- LastFailedLogin
- The information about the last failed login.
- Attributes:
- gmtTime
- the time of the last failed login attempt (GMT).
- localTime
- the time of the last failed login attempt (in the selected time zone).
- ip
- the network address from which the failed attempt to log in was made.
- RulesAllowed, SignalRulesAllowed, RPOPAllowed, PWDAllowed
- The effective Account settings data. These elements do not have attributes,
and their text body is the setting value.
- option
- zero, one, or several XML elements. The element body is a string, specifying an option enabled for the current Account:
- S/MIME
- Secure Mail services are enabled.
- SMIMEActive
- Secure Mail services are unlocked.
- SMIMEInactive
- Secure Mail services are locked (but the Account does have a Private PKI key).
- WebCAL
- Calendaring services are enabled.
- WebSite
- Web access to File Storage is enabled.
- knownValues
- These messages are sent when the Server processes the listKnownValues request.
- Body:
- a set of XML elements:
- tzid
- the element name attribute specifies a known Time Zone name;
- charset
- the element name attribute specifies a known character set name;
- mailRuleAllowed
- the element name attribute specifies a supported Allowed Mail Rule mode. Each mode defines which Mail Rule actions the user is allowed to modify;
Elements are sorted, with the "most restrictive" mode listed first.
- mailRuleCondition
- the element name attribute specifies a supported Mail Rule condition.
- mailRuleAction
- the element name attribute specifies a supported Mail Rule action;
the element allowedSet attribute specifies the enabling Allowed Mail Rule name.
The user can modify a Rule containing this operation only if the user Account RulesAllowed setting value
is the specified or a less restrictive Allowed Mail Rule mode.
- signalRuleAllowed, signalRuleCondition, signalRuleAction
- the same elements as the mailRuleAllowed, mailRuleCondition, mailRuleAction elements,
but for the Signal Rules.
- cliResult
- These messages are sent when the Server processes the cliExecute request.
- Body:
- text presentation of the CLI command output.
- retrievedXML
- These messages are sent when the Server processes the retrieveXML request.
- Attributes:
- url
- the document URL.
Body:
- one XML element with the retrieved document.
- speller
- These messages are sent when the Server processes the spellerList request.
- Attributes:
- speller
- the spell checker name; usually - the language name or the dialect name (such as English-US or French-CA).
- spellerReport
- These messages are sent when the Server processes the spellerCheck request and detects a spelling error.
- Attributes:
- position
- the misspelled word position in the supplied text.
- size
- the misspelled word size in the supplied text (in bytes).
Body:
- zero, one, or more guess XML elements. The text body of each element is a suggested replacement for the misspelled word.
Note: the supplied text is XML-decoded first, and the attributes specify the word position and size in the resulting decoded text (which must use UTF-8 character set).
Mailbox Management
A client can use the following set of operations to manipulate Mailboxes in the
authenticated Account, as well as in other Accounts
(by specifying the full Mailbox name as ~accountName@domainName/mailboxName).
Note: all non-ASCII Mailbox names are specified using the UTF-8 charset (and not the IMAP UTF-7 encoding method).
- mailboxCreate
- This operation creates a new Mailbox.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- this attribute specifies the new Mailbox name.
- mailboxClass
- this optional attribute specifies the Mailbox class.
- mailboxRename
- This operation renames a Mailbox.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- this attribute specifies the existing Mailbox name.
- newName
- this attribute specifies the new Mailbox name.
- children
- if this optional attribute is present, all Mailbox "children" (nested Mailboxes) are renamed, too.
- mailboxRemove
- This operation removes a Mailbox.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- an existing Mailbox name.
- children
- if this optional attribute is present, all Mailbox "children" (nested Mailboxes) are removed, too.
- mailboxList
- This operation makes the Server send a mailbox data message (see below) for each visible Mailbox
(the Mailboxes for which the authenticated Account has the lookup access right).
- Attributes:
- filter
- this optional attribute specifies the filter string in the IMAP protocol format.
- mailboxClass
- if this optional attribute is specified, only the Mailboxes of the specified class are listed.
Specify an empty string value to list only "mail"-class Mailboxes.
- mailboxSubList
- This operation makes the Server send a mailboxSubscription data message (see below) for each element in the Account mailbox subscription set.
Note that Mailboxes in this set may or may not exist.
- Attributes:
- filter
- this optional attribute specifies the filter string in the IMAP protocol format.
- mailboxSubUpdate
- This operation modifies Account mailbox subscription set.
- Body:
- a set of mailboxSubscription elements.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- a Mailbox name in the UTF-8 character set.
- mode
- if this attribute value is add the mailbox name is added to the mailbox subscription set (unless the set already contains this name).
otherwise, the mailbox name is removed from the mailbox subscription set.
- mailboxRightsGet
- This operation makes the Server send a mailboxRight data message (see below) with the user access rights for the specified Mailbox.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- an existing Mailbox name.
- mailboxACLList
- This operation makes the Server send a mailboxACL data message (see below) with the Mailbox Access Control List data.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- an existing Mailbox name.
- mailboxACLUpdate
- This operation modifies the Mailbox Access Control List for the specified Mailbox.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- an existing Mailbox name.
Body:
- A set of aclElem XML elements:
- Attributes:
- pattern
- the ACL element "name". It can be an Account name, a name with "+" or "-" prefix, etc. See the Mailbox Access Control Lists section for more details.
- mode
- if this optional attribute value is add, the specified rights are added to the right set already specified for this ACL element. If the ACL element did not exist, it is created.
if this optional attribute value is sub, the specified rights are removed from the right set specified for this ACL element.
if this optional attribute value is clear, this ACL element is removed.
if this optional attribute has any other value, or if this attribute is absent, the specified rights replace the right set already specified for this ACL element. If the ACL element did not exist, it is created.
Body:
- a string; each symbol specifies a Mailbox Access Right.
The Server sends the following data messages:
- mailbox
- These synchronous data messages are sent when the Server processes the mailboxList request.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- the Mailbox name in the UTF-8 character set.
- UIDVALIDITY, MESSAGES, UIDNEXT, UNSEEN, INTERNALSIZE, OLDEST, CLASS, MEDIA, UNSEENMEDIA
- standard and extended IMAP Mailbox attributes
- pureFolder
- this attribute exists and has the YES value if the Mailbox is a pure folder - i.e. it cannot contain messages, but it can contain sub-Mailboxes.
- mailboxSubscription
- These messages are sent when the Server processes the mailboxSubList request.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- the Mailbox name in the UTF-8 character set.
- mailboxRights
- This message is sent when the Server processes the mailboxRightsGet request.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- the Mailbox name.
Body:
- a string; each symbol specifies an effective Mailbox Access Right granted to the current user.
- mailboxACL
- This message is sent when the Server processes the mailboxACLList request.
- Attributes:
- mailbox
- the Mailbox name.
Body:
- A set of aclElem XML elements, one element for each Mailbox Access Control List element:
- Attributes:
- pattern
- the ACL element "name". It can be an Account name, a name with "+" or "-" prefix, etc. See the Mailbox Access Control Lists section for more details.
Body:
- a string; each symbol specifies a Mailbox Access Right granted to or revoked from the "name".
Example:
- A001: the Client asks the Server to create the MyNotes Notes-type Mailbox.
- A002: the Client asks the Server to rename the MyNotes Mailbox into SharedNotes.
- A003: the Client asks the Server to grant the Lookup and Select rights for the SharedNotes Mailbox to users user1 and user2.
- A004: the Client asks the Server to add the Delete and Insert rights for the SharedNotes Mailbox to user user1 and to revoke the Select right from the user user2.
- A005: the Client asks the Server to retrieve the ACL data for the SharedNotes Mailbox.
C:<mailboxCreate id="A001" mailbox="MyNotes" mailboxClass="IPF.StickyNote" />
S:<response id="A001"/>
C:<mailboxRename id="A002" mailbox="MyNotes" newName="SharedNotes" />
S:<response id="A002"/>
C:<mailboxACLUpdate id="A003" mailbox="SharedNotes">
<aclElem pattern="user1">lr</aclElem>
<aclElem pattern="user2">lr</aclElem>
</mailboxACLUpdate>
S:<response id="A003"/>
C:<mailboxACLUpdate id="A004" mailbox="SharedNotes">
<aclElem pattern="user1" mode="add">di</aclElem>
<aclElem pattern="user2" mode="sub">r</aclElem>
</mailboxACLUpdate>
S:<response id="A004"/>
C:<mailboxACLList id="A005" mailbox="SharedNotes"/>
S:<mailboxACL id="A005" mailbox="SharedNotes">
<aclElem pattern="user1">lrdi</aclElem>
<aclElem pattern="user2">l</aclElem>
</mailboxACL>
S:<response id="A005"/>
Mailbox Operations
A client can use the following operations to process a Mailbox in the
authenticated Account, as well as in other Accounts
(by specifying the full Mailbox name as ~accountName@domainName/mailboxName).
- folderOpen
- This operation opens the specified Mailbox as a "Folder".
A Folder represents a Server Mailbox, with all messages being sorted and, optionally, filtered.
Each folder has a name, and one session cannot have two folders with the same name. On the
other hand, the same session can open the same Mailbox as two different folders (with different names).
For example, an application may use one folder to show the Mailbox content sorted by the Date field,
while maintaining a separate window where it shows the same Mailbox, but only the messages containing
the Business tag in the Keywords field, with all these messages sorted by the From field.
When Mailbox messages are added, removed, or updated, the Server reports these updates to
all clients that have opened that Mailbox as a Folder.
Each folder sends its update notifications independently, so the client does not need to know
that two folders are presenting different views on the same Server Mailbox.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the name for the new Folder to be opened. A client can use an arbitrary string as a Folder name.
- mailbox
- the Mailbox name. If this attribute is not specified, the folder name is used.
- mailboxClass
- an optional attribute. If the specified Mailbox does not exist and this optional attribute is specified, the specified Mailbox is created.
If this attribute value is a non-empty string, that value is assigned as the Mailbox Class to the newly created Mailbox.
- sortField
- the name of a message header field to use for Mailbox sorting.
- sortOrder
- if this optional attribute is specified and it has the desc value, the sorting order is reversed.
- filter
- if this optional attribute is specified, only the Mailbox messages matching this attribute value
are included into the folder.
- filterField
- if this optional attribute is specified, its value specifies the message header field to compare
with the filter attribute. Only the messages containing the specified field and with the field
value matching the filter attribute value are included into the folder.
If this attribute value is FLAGS, the filter attribute value should contain a
comma-separated list of message flags names and/or negative names.
Only the messages with the specified flags set and the specified negative flags not set are included into the Server view.
For example, the filter="Media,Unseen" attribute will tell the Server to build a view
using only the messages with the Media flags set and the Seen flag not set.
If this attribute value is body, messages containing the filter attribute value
in any message body part are included into the server view.
If this attribute is missing, messages containing the filter attribute value
in message body part, or in any message header field are included into the server view.
Body:
- the request body should contain one or more <field> elements.
Each element body should contain a name of a header field to be retrieved for each message.
These fields are called viewer fields.
The following sortField and viewer fields can be specified:
- From, To, Cc, Bcc, Reply-To, Sender, Return-Path, or
other Email-field name. If a message header contains the specified Email-field, it is parsed.
If the field contains a "comment" (i.e. a "real name"), it is used. Otherwise, the parsed E-mail address is used.
- Date, Resent-Date. The field date value is converted to GMT.
When elements with these field values are sent within a folderReport message, they contain
the localTime attribute specifying the field value in the Time Zone selected for the current user.
- any other E-mail header field name (Subject, X-Mailer, etc). The field MIME-decoded value is used.
- E-From, E-To, or other E-Email-field name.
If a message header contains the specified Email-field, it is parsed, and the parsed E-mail address is used.
- Pty. The X-Priority field value is converted to the strings High, Low, or to an empty string.
- UID. The message metadata - its UID (unique ID) in the Mailbox.
- SIZE. The message metadata - its "raw" size in the Mailbox.
- INTERNALDATE. The message metadata - its "timestamp". It is formatted in the same way as the Date element.
- FLAGS the message metadata attribute values are used.
See the Mailboxes section for more information on the Mailbox message flags.
A session can use several open Folders at the same time.
A client should maintain an internal view of the Folder - an array or a table with one element for
each Folder message. A client should keep that view synchronized with the Server view (implemented with that Folder).
When a Folder is opened, the Server sends a folderReport
data message containing the total number of messages in the Folder.
The client uses this number to create the initial internal view table, filling it with empty elements.
To display the Mailbox content on the screen, the client checks which
elements of its internal view table it should use. If some of those elements are empty,
the client should ask the Server to send it the information about the Folder messages
specified by their index values (positions) in the sorted view (in the Folder).
Some Mailbox operations use a message set to specify the Mailbox messages to apply the operation to.
Messages can be specified either by their UIDs, or by their index numbers (their positions in the folder view).
To specify messages by their UIDs, use one or more UID elements.
Each UID element can include one message, in this case the message UID is specified as the element body:
<UID>12377</UID>.
An UID element can include a range of message UIDs specified as the from and till attributes:
<UID from="12377" till="12455" />.
The operation is applied to all Mailbox messages with UIDs not smaller than the from attribute value and not larger than the till attribute value.
Please remember that Folder messages are not sorted by their UIDs, unless the sortField="UID" attribute was used in the folderOpen operation.
To specify messages by index, use one or more index elements.
Each index element can include one message, in this case the message index is specified as the element body:
<index>14</index>.
An index element can include an index range specified as the from and till attributes:
<index from="12" till="10000" />.
The operation is applied to all Folder messages with position (index) not smaller than the from attribute value and not larger than the till attribute value.
A message set can include one or more UID element, or it can include one or more index elements, but it cannot include both UID and index elements.
- folderBrowse
- This operation makes the Server send data messages for the specified index (position)
interval in an open Folder.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
Body:
- a message set (see above). Only index elements are allowed in this message set.
The Server sends a folderReport data message for each index in the specified range.
The data message attributes specify the message index (position) in the Folder and the message UID.
The folderReport data message body contains the viewer fields values.
The "on demand" client-server synchronization model is used. When a Folder message is modified, added, or deleted,
the client gets an asynchronous folderReport data message with the mode attribute value set to notify
(a "notify-mode" message).
The newly added messages do not become visible in the logical Folder and the deleted messages are not
removed from the logical Folder. Requests to retrieve deleted message data return no data items or empty data items.
When the client application is ready to update its "internal view", it should use the
folderSync operation:
- folderSync
- This operation tells the Server to send all pending Folder modifications to the client.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
The Server sends folderReport data messages with the mode attribute
set to the removed, added, or updated value.
After the Server sends a "notify-mode" message to the Client,
the Server may choose not to send further "notify-mode" messages for this Folder until the client
performs the folderSync operation on this Folder.
The client can send requests to the Server asking for
certain update operations (such as message deletion), but it should update its internal view
only when the Server sends it a folderReport data message informing
the client about actual changes in the Folder.
Note: unlike UIDs, Folder message index can change any time when the folderSync operation is performed.
Before you start any operation using an index-based message set, make sure that you have correctly updated the internal view with all folderReport data messages generated
with the previously sent folderSync operation.
Note: when a message has been removed from or added to a Mailbox, the Server only sends folderReport data messages with the mode="notify" attribute.
The Server-side "view" of the modified Folder (the logical Folder) is not updated, and it is safe to use an index-based message set to start a Folder operation.
- messageCopy
- This operation copies messages from an open Folder to a target Mailbox.
Note: the target is specified as a Mailbox, not as a Folder.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the source Folder name.
- targetMailbox
- the target Mailbox name.
- encrypt
- an optional parameter. If set to yes, the messages are copied encrypted, using the current user S/MIME certificate.
Body:
- a message set (see above).
- messageMove
- This operation is the same as the messageCopy operation, but if the messages have been copied successfully,
the operation deletes the original messages.
This operation can also be used to implement the "encrypt message" functionality:
the selected messages should be moved to the same Mailbox using the encrypt operation attribute.
- messageMark
- This operation modifies Mailbox message flags in an open Folder.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- flags
- this attribute specifies the Mailbox message flags to add or delete. Several operations
can be specified, separated with the comma symbol. See the Mailbox section for more details.
Body:
- a message set (see above).
- messageRemove
- This operation removes messages from an open Folder.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
Body:
- a message set (see above).
The operation checks the DeleteMode Account preference and acts depending on its value:
- Immediately - the messages are physically removed from the Folder Mailbox.
- Move To Trash - the messages are moved to the Trash Mailbox (its name is specified with the TrashBox Account preference).
If the specified Folder is the Trash Mailbox itself, the messages are physically removed.
- Mark - the messages are marked with the Deleted flag.
- folderExpunge
- This operation removes all messages marked with the Deleted flag from the Folder Mailbox.
Note: it removes ALL marked Mailbox messages, not only the messages visible in this Folder.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- folderClose
- This operation closes an open Folder.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- folderReopen
- This operation re-builds an open Folder by re-scanning its Mailbox using different sorting and filtering parameters.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- sortField, sortOrder, filter, filterField
- these attributes have the same meaning as the same folderOpen operation attributes.
Body:
- the request body should contains at least one <field> element, these elements specify
the new viewer fields set. If no <field> element is specified, the viewer fields set is not modified.
When a client uses this command, the Server sends the folderReport message with the mode attribute set to init,
notifying the client about the new Folder size.
The client should clear its internal Folder view, and re-populate it again.
Note:if a Client receives a folderReport message with the mode attribute set to notify
when the Client has already sent the folderReopen command,
the Client should use the folderSync command after it receives response for the folderReopen command.
The Server sends the following data messages:
- folderReport
- These messages are sent synchronously when a Folder is being opened or re-opened, and when the client sends a folderBrowse or a folderSync request.
These messages are sent asynchronously when a Folder status changes (messages are added, removed, or updated), in this case its mode attribute is set to notify.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- mode
- this optional attribute specifies the type of notification.
- If the attribute value is init then the messages attribute specifies the total number of messages in the Folder.
This is a synchronous data message sent when a Folder is being opened or re-opened.
- If the attribute value is notify some Mailbox messages have been added, modified, or deleted.
This message is sent as an asynchronous data message.
The client is expected to send the folderSync request for this Folder.
- If the attribute value is removed
then the index and UID attributes specify the message removed from the Folder.
This data message is sent only in response to the folderSync request.
The client should immediately update its internal view: for all messages with the index
value larger than the specified index attribute value, the index value is decreased by 1.
- If the attribute value is added
then the index and UID attributes specify the message added to the Folder.
This data message is sent only in response to the folderSync request.
The client should immediately update its internal view: for all messages with the index
value equal or larger than the specified index attribute value, the index value is increased by 1.
- If the attribute value is updated or the attribute is missing,
then the index and UID attributes specify a Mailbox message and the body
contains the message viewer field values.
- index
- the message index in this Folder.
This attribute is not present when the mode attribute value is init.
- UID
- the message UID (unique ID).
This attribute is not present when the mode attribute value is removed, updated, or added.
- messages
- the total number of messages in the Folder.
This attribute is present when the mode attribute value is init, removed, or added.
Body:
- The body is present when the mode attribute value is updated or added.
It contains a set of elements with viewer field values.
Example 1:
- A001: the Client asks the Server to open the INBOX Mailbox as Folder "INBOX" and to sort it by the
INTERNALDATE 'field' (this is not an actual message field, but a message metadata element - it specifies the time
when the message was added into the Mailbox). The Client informs the Server that it needs to retrieve the
FLAGS, From, and Subject fields of Mailbox messages.
- the Server opens the INBOX Mailbox and sorts it; the Server informs the Client that the Folder has 234 messages.
- A002: the Client asks the Server to send it data from the first 4 Folder messages,
and the Server sends that information to the Client.
- while the Server was processing this request, one message was added to the Mailbox.
- after the Server has sent the response message, the Folder messages number 2 and 35 were deleted.
- A003: the Client asks the Server to send it data from the first 4 messages in the sorted view (again).
- A004: the Client asks the Server to send it all Folder modifications.
- The Server informs the Client about the message number 35 being removed. The Client should remove the element number
35 from its internal view table and update the information on its screen if necessary.
The total number of Folder messages has changed to 233.
- The Server informs the Client about the message number 2 being removed. The Client should remove the element number
2 from its internal view table. The message number 3 becomes the message number 2, the message
number 4 becomes the message number 3, etc.
- The Server adds a newly added message to the Folder and informs the Client that it has inserted
the message as the message number 1. The Client should update its internal view table by inserting a new element
as the element number 1. The element number 1 becomes the element number 2, the element number 2 becomes the element number 3, etc.
- A005: the Client asks the Server to send it data from the first 4 messages in the Folder (again).
C:<folderOpen id="A001" folder="INBOX" mailbox="INBOX" sortField="INTERNALDATE" sortOrder="asc">
<field>FLAGS</field><field>From</field><field>Subject</field>
</folderOpen>
S:<folderReport id="A001" folder="INBOX" mode="init" messages="234" />
S:<response id="A001"/>
C:<folderBrowse id="A002" folder="INBOX"><index from="0" till="3" /></folderBrowse>
S:<folderReport id="A002" folder="INBOX" index="0" UID="123">
<FLAGS>Seen,Deleted</FLAGS><From>John H. Smith</From>
<Subject>Hello - just a test</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A002" folder="INBOX" index="1" UID="543">
<FLAGS>Seen,Answered</FLAGS><From>Jim Spammer</From>
<Subject>This is the best offer!</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A002" folder="INBOX" index="2" UID="343">
<FLAGS>Seen,Media</FLAGS><From>user@example.com</From>
<Subject>Meeting reminder</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport folder="INBOX" mode="notify" />
S:<folderReport id="A002" folder="INBOX" index="3" UID="512">
<FLAGS>Seen,Flagged</FLAGS><From>Admin@hq.example.com</From>
<Subject>Shutdown @ 4:45AM</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<response id="A002" />
S:<folderReport folder="INBOX" mode="notify" />
C:<folderBrowse id="A003" folder="INBOX"><index from="0" till="3" /></folderBrowse>
S:<folderReport id="A003" folder="INBOX" index="0" UID="123">
<FLAGS>Seen,Deleted</FLAGS><From>John H. Smith</From>
<Subject>Hello - just a test</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A003" folder="INBOX" index="1" UID="543">
<FLAGS>Seen,Answered</FLAGS><From>Jim Spammer</From>
<Subject>This is the best offer!</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A003" folder="INBOX" index="2" UID="343">
<FLAGS>Seen,Media</FLAGS><From></From>
<Subject></Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A003" folder="INBOX" index="3" UID="512">
<FLAGS>Seen,Flagged</FLAGS><From>Admin@hq.example.com</From>
<Subject>Shutdown @ 4:45AM</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<response id="A003" />
C:<folderSync id="A004" folder="INBOX" />
S:<folderReport id="A004" folder="INBOX" index="35" UID="117" mode="deleted" messages="233" />
S:<folderReport id="A004" folder="INBOX" index="2" UID="343" mode="deleted" messages="232" />
S:<folderReport id="A004" folder="INBOX" index="1" UID="976" mode="added" messages="233" >
<FLAGS>Recent</FLAGS><From>CGatePro Discussions</From>
<Subject>[CGP] Re: Session Timer?</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<response id="A004" />
C:<folderBrowse id="A005" folder="INBOX"><index from="0" till="3" /></folderBrowse>
S:<folderReport id="A005" folder="INBOX" index="0" UID="123">
<FLAGS>Seen,Deleted</FLAGS><From>John H. Smith</From>
<Subject>Hello - just a test</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A005" folder="INBOX" index="1" UID="976">
<FLAGS>Recent</FLAGS><From>CGatePro Discussions</From>
<Subject>[CGP] Re: Session Timer?</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A005" folder="INBOX" index="2" UID="543">
<FLAGS>Seen,Answered</FLAGS><From>Jim Spammer</From>
<Subject>This is the best offer!</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A005" folder="INBOX" index="3" UID="512">
<FLAGS>Seen,Flagged</FLAGS><From>Admin@hq.example.com</From>
<Subject>Shutdown @ 4:45AM</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<response id="A005" />
Example 2:
- A010: the Client asks the Server to copy 3 messages
from the already opened INBOX Mailbox to the Archive Mailbox
- The Archive Mailbox appears to be opened, and the Server sends a Mailbox notification
message to the Client
C:<messageCopy id="A010" folder="INBOX" targetMailbox="Archive">
<UID>512</UID><UID>123</UID><UID>976</UID>
</messageCopy>
S:<folderReport folder="Archive" mode="notify" />
S:<response id="A010"/>
Example 3:
- A020: the Client asks the Server to mark 3 messages (UIDs 512, 123, and 976) with
the Deleted flag.
- The Server sets these flags, and it sends a Mailbox notification message to the Client.
- A021: the Client asks the Server to send it all Mailbox modifications.
- The Server sends the updated information for the messages with UID 512 and 976. The message
with the UID 123 already had the Deleted flag set, so this request has not modified that message
and the Server does not send information for this message.
- A022: the Client asks the Server to expunge the Mailbox.
- The Server deletes the messages with UIDs 512, 123, and 976, as well as message with UIDs 446 and 756 which also happened to have
the Deleted flag set. The Server sends a Mailbox notification message to the Client.
- A023: the Client asks the Server to send it all Mailbox modifications.
- The Server sends data messages informing the client that it has removed the messages with UIDs 512, 123, 976, 446, and 756 from
its sorted Mailbox view.
- A024: the Client closes the INBOX Mailbox.
C:<messageMark id="A020" folder="INBOX" flags="Deleted">
<UID>512</UID><UID>123</UID><UID>976</UID>
</messageMark>
S:<folderReport folder="INBOX" mode="notify" />
S:<response id="A020"/>
C:<folderSync id="A021" folder="INBOX" />
S:<folderReport id="A021" folder="INBOX" index="1" UID="976" mode="updated" >
<FLAGS>Recent,Deleted</FLAGS><From>CGatePro Discussions</From>
<Subject>[CGP] Re: Session Timer?</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A021" folder="INBOX" index="3" UID="512" mode="updated" >
<FLAGS>Seen,Deleted,Flagged</FLAGS><From>Admin@hq.example.com</From>
<Subject>Shutdown @ 4:45AM</Subject>
</folderReport>
S:<response id="A021"/>
C:<folderExpunge id="A022" folder="INBOX" />
S:<folderReport folder="INBOX" mode="notify" />
S:<response id="A022"/>
C:<folderSync id="A023" folder="INBOX" />
S:<folderReport id="A023" folder="INBOX" index="0" UID="123" mode="deleted" messages="232" />
S:<folderReport id="A023" folder="INBOX" index="0" UID="976" mode="deleted" messages="231" />
S:<folderReport id="A023" folder="INBOX" index="29" UID="446" mode="deleted" messages="230" />
S:<folderReport id="A023" folder="INBOX" index="123" UID="756" mode="deleted" messages="229" />
S:<folderReport id="A023" folder="INBOX" index="1" UID="512" mode="deleted" messages="228" />
S:<response id="A023"/>
C:<closeMailbox id="A024" folder="INBOX" />
S:<response id="A024"/>
Message Operations
A client can use the following set of operations to retrieve Messages from Mailboxes.
- folderRead
- This operation tells the Server to retrieve a Message or its part.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- UID
- the message UID.
- totalSizeLimit
- the maximum total size of all message parts returned.
- messageAppend
- This operation tells the Server to compose a Message and append it to an open folder or to an arbitrary Mailbox.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the target Folder name. If specified, the targetMailbox attribute is ignored.
- targetMailbox
- the target Mailbox name. It must be specified if the folder attribute is absent.
- mailboxClass
- this optional attribute can be specified if the targetMailbox attribute is specified.
If the target Mailbox does not exist and this optional attribute is specified, the target Mailbox is created.
If this attribute value is a non-empty string, the value is assigned as the Mailbox Class to the newly created Mailbox.
- flags
- this optional attribute specifies the message flags the newly created message will have in the Mailbox.
Several flags can be specified, separated with the comma symbol. See the Mailbox section for more details.
- internalDate
- this optional attribute specifies the "internal timestamp" for the newly created message. If this parameter is not
specified, the current time is used.
- replacesUID
- this optional attribute can be specified if the folder attribute is specified.
If the message has been successfully composed and appended to the Folder, the message with the replacesUID UID is removed from the Folder Mailbox.
- report
- this optional attribute can be specified if the folder attribute is specified. If this attribute is specified, it should have the uid value.
If the message has been successfully composed and appended to the Folder, the Server sends the synchronous messageAdded message containing the UID of the newly appended message.
Body:-
The XML presentation of the Message (the EMail data).
The text parts of the message XML presentation should use the Line Feed (0x0A) symbol as the EOL (end of line) symbol.
If the XML presentation does not include the Message-ID or Date fields, the server creates these
message fields itself.
Example:
The Client appends a simple text message to the Mailbox "Sent", with the Seen and Answered flags.
If the Mailbox does not exist, it is created.
C:<messageAppend id="A001" targetMailbox="Sent" flags="Seen,Answered" mailboxClass="" >
<EMail>
<From realName="Sender Name">fromName@domain</From><Subject>I'll be there!</Subject>
<To realName="Recipient Name">toName@domain</To><X-Mailer>SuperClient v7.77</X-Mailer>
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain">Dear Susan,

I will come to your place tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!
Mary.
</MIME>
</EMail>
</messageAppend>
S:<response id="A001"/>
This operation adds the following message to the Mailbox:
From: "Sender Name" <fromName@domain>
Subject: I'll be there!
To: "Recipient Name" <toName@domain>
X-Mailer: SuperClient v7.77
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:51:24 -0800
Message-ID: <ximss-38150012@this.server.dom>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Dear Susan,
I will come to your place tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!
Mary.
To create messages with file attachments, put the files into the "uploaded file set" first.
Then you can specify them in the MIME elements by using the uploadID attribute.
If you do not explicitly specify the type and subtype attributes, they are copied from the Content-Type field of the HTTP request used to upload the file.
Example:
The client first uploads 2 files - test.gif (using uploadID att01) and sample.pdf (using uploadID att02).
Then the client appends a message to the "Drafts" Folder, with the "Draft" message flag, replacing the existing message with the 578 UID.
The message contains some text in the alternative (plain and html) formats, and the uploaded files as attachments.
The client requests the Server to send the UID of the newly created message (756).
While the client was adding the new message, a different process added some other message (with UID=755) to the "Drafts" Folder Mailbox.
The client then clears the "uploaded file set", and re-syncs its state with the "Drafts" Folder.
C:<messageAppend id="A001" folder="Drafts" flags="Draft" replacesUID="578" report="uid" >
<EMail>
<From realName="Sender Name">fromName@domain</From><Subject>Text with attachments</Subject>
<To realName="Recipient Name">toName@domain</To><X-Mailer>SuperClient v7.77</X-Mailer>
<MIME type="multipart" subtype="mixed">
<MIME type="multipart" subtype="alternative">
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain">Dear Susan,

I will come to your place tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!
Mary.
</MIME>
<MIME type="text" subtype="html"><html><body><i>Dear Susan,</i><p>I will come to your place tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!<p><i>Mary.</i></MIME>
</MIME>
<MIME uploadID="att01" />
<MIME uploadID="att02" type="application" subtype="pdf" />
</MIME>
</EMail>
</messageAppend>
S:<folderReport folder="Drafts" mode="notify" />
S:<messageAdded id="A001" folder="Drafts" UID="756" />
S:<response id="A001"/>
C:<clearUploaded id="A002" />
S:<response id="A002"/>
C:<folderSync id="A003" folder="Drafts"/>
S:<folderReport id="A003" folder="Drafts" index="17" UID="578" mode="removed" messages="301"/>
S:<folderReport id="A003" folder="Drafts" index="127" UID="755" mode="added" messages="302">
<UID>755</UID>
<From>Other Name</From>
</folderReport>
S:<folderReport id="A003" folder="Drafts" index="17" UID="756" mode="added" messages="303">
<UID>756</UID>
<From>Sender Name</From>
</folderReport>
S:<response id="A003"/>
This operation adds the following message to the Mailbox:
From: "Sender Name" <fromName@domain>
Subject: Text with attachments
To: "Recipient Name" <toName@domain>
X-Mailer: SuperClient v7.77
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:59:55 -0800
Message-ID: <ximss-38330025@my.server.domain>
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Dear Susan,
I will come to your place tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!
Mary.
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
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Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="sample.pdf"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
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To create messages with MIME parts (attachments) copied from other messages stored on the Server,
use the copyMIME element instead of a MIME element:
- copyMIME
- Attributes:
- folder or calendar
- the name of an open Folder or an open Calendar.
- UID
- the message UID.
- partID
- this optional attribute specifies the message part to copy.
If it is not specified, the entire message is copied.
Example:
The Client stores a note in the "Notes" Mailbox, appending parts 3 and 4 (attachments) of the message 156 stored in the INBOX folder:
C:<messageAppend id="A001" targetMailbox="Notes" flags="Seen">
<EMail>
<From realName="Sender Name">fromName@domain</From>
<Subject>Vacation Pictures</Subject>
<MIME type="multipart" subtype="mixed">
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain">The first part of the underwater shots.</MIME>
<copyMIME folder="INBOX" UID="156" partID="3"/>
<copyMIME folder="INBOX" UID="156" partID="4"/>
</MIME>
</EMail>
</messageAppend>
S:<response id="A001"/>
You can attach files stored in the Personal File Storage.
Specify the full file name in the MIME elements by using the fileName attribute.
You must explicitly specify the type and subtype attributes, and you should specify the disposition-filename attribute,
as the fileName attribute is not used to form the attachment name.
Example:
The Client stores a note in the "Notes" Mailbox, appending the file private/MyFile.jpg as the photo.jpg attachment:
C:<messageAppend id="A001" targetMailbox="Notes" flags="Seen">
<EMail>
<From realName="Sender Name">fromName@domain</From>
<Subject>Vacation Pictures</Subject>
<MIME type="multipart" subtype="mixed">
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain">Atatched please find the images I have stored as files.</MIME>
<MIME type="image" subtype="jpeg" fileName="private/MyFile.jpg" disposition-filename="photo.jpg" />
</MIME>
</EMail>
</messageAppend>
S:<response id="A001"/>
Note: if a <MIME /> element has the disposition attribute value none,
the Content-Disposition: header field is not created, and the Content-Type field is stored without the name parameter.
Note: the text MIME parts should use a single LineFeed (0x0A, decimal 10) symbol as the line separator.
You can ask the Server to use the "flowed" format for text MIME parts.
Example:
C:<messageAppend id="A001" targetMailbox="Notes" flags="Seen">
<EMail>
<Subject>Test text</Subject>
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain" format="flowed">This is a very long long long long long long long long long long superlong long long long long long long line, followed with a shorter line:
This is a shorter line.</MIME>
</EMail>
</messageAppend>
S:<response id="A001"/>
This operation adds the following message to the Mailbox:
Subject: Test text
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed"; charset="utf-8"
This is a very long long long long long long long long long long superlong
long long long long long long line, followed with a shorter line:
This is a shorter line.
(there is a trailing space after the "superlong" word)
To create a signed message, make sure that S/MIME Private key is unlocked,
and specify the sign attribute in the topmost EMail element.
C:<messageAppend id="A001" targetMailbox="Sent" flags="Seen,Answered" >
<EMail sign="yes">
<From realName="Sender Name">fromName@domain</From><Subject>I'll be there!</Subject>
<To realName="Recipient Name">toName@domain</To><X-Mailer>SuperClient v7.77</X-Mailer>
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain">Dear Susan,

I will come to your place tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!
Mary.
</MIME>
</EMail>
</messageAppend>
S:<response id="A001"/>
This operation adds the following message to the Mailbox:
From: "Sender Name" <fromName@domain>
Subject: I'll be there!
To: "Recipient Name" <toName@domain>
X-Mailer: SuperClient v7.77
Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; micalg="SHA1"; boundary="_===signed==2610002====my.server.domain===_"
This is a signed S/MIME message
--_===signed==2610002====my.server.domain===_
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Dear Susan,
I will come to your place tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!
Mary.
--_===signed==2610002====my.server.domain===_
Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s"
MIIE6wYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIE3DCCBNgCAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMAsGCSqGSIb3DQEHAaCC
ArkwggK1MIICX6ADAgECAgcAk9RF+n/7MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAMIG6MQswCQYDVQQGEwJV
UzELMAkGA1UECBMCQ0ExFDASBgNVBAcTC01pbGwgVmFsbGV5MSIwIAYDVQQKExlDb21tdW5p
.............
gIbXNT64QJ+gEYkI9mnePiS1TUOOzGYfXaLy1pqm6jmzBUt7/3UY8ZNHVIwM0Fzj7NwzqM1U
Esbkyi3WHNxTZ4HSCs8J2enGQEZjNWHOuX96xQojYGLV0m5Z/FatV9GQ8jNVBmQ9xYGKxmlY
jT9ze/oHyKuj7KR8QrgQSYiJVnn7
--_===signed==2610002====my.server.domain===_--
- messageSubmit
- This operation tells the Server to compose a Message and submit it to the Queue for delivery. A message copy
can be stored in a Mailbox.
- Attributes:
- useDSN
- if this optional attribute is present, and its value is yes, delivery reports are generated when a message is delivered, or if delivery fails.
If this attribute is absent, delivery reports are generated only when message delivery fails.
- targetMailbox, mailboxClass, flags, internalDate
- if the optional targetMailbox attribute is specified, then the composed message is appended to the specified Mailbox. These attributes
have the same meaning as for the messageAppend operation.
Body:
- The XML presentation of the Message (the EMail element), and zero, one, or several
Envelope-To elements. Each Envelope-To element should have a text body - the E-mail address to send the message to.
If no Envelope-To element is specified, the message is sent to the addresses specified in all addresses specified in
the To, Cc, and Bcc elements inside the EMail element.
When the message MIME text is generated, all addresses from the Bcc elements are skipped.
Example:
The Client sends a simple text message to the toName@domain address and the Bcc copy is sent to bccName@domain address.
The Client requests delivery notification.
C:<messageSubmit id="A001" useDSN="yes" >
<EMail>
<From realName="Sender Name">fromName@domain</From>
<Subject>I'll be there!</Subject>
<To realName="Recipient Name">toName@domain</To>
<X-Mailer>SuperClient v7.77</X-Mailer>
<Bcc>bccName@domain</Bcc>
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain">Dear Susan,

I will come to your place tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!
Mary.
</MIME>
</EMail>
</messageSubmit>
S:<response id="A001"/>
Example:
The Client sends a simple text message to the a1@domain and a2@domain addresses
(different from the addresses specified in the To and Cc elements).
The message copy should be stored in the "Sent Items" Mailbox with the "Seen" flag.
The Client requests delivery notification.
C:<messageSubmit id="A001" targetMailbox="Sent Items" flags="Seen" >
<Envelope-To>a1@domain address</Envelope-To>
<Envelope-To>a2@domain address</Envelope-To>
<EMail>
<From realName="Sender Name">fromName@domain</From>
<Subject>I'll be there!</Subject>
<To realName="Recipient Name">toName@domain</To>
<X-Mailer>SuperClient v7.77</X-Mailer>
<Cc>ccName@domain</Cc>
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain">Dear Susan,

I will come to your place tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!
Mary.
</MIME>
</EMail>
</messageSubmit>
S:<response id="A001"/>
Example:
The Client forwards the message 156 stored in the INBOX folder to the a1@domain address:
C:<messageSubmit id="A001">
<EMail>
<From realName="Sender Name">fromName@domain</From>
<Subject>Fwd: Sorry, I cannot make it :-(</Subject>
<To realName="Recipient Name">a1@domain</To>
<X-Mailer>SuperClient v7.77</X-Mailer>
<MIME type="multipart" subtype="mixed">
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain">Dear Susan,

Attached please find the message I received this morning...
Mary.
</MIME>
<copyMIME folder="INBOX" UID="156" />
</EMail>
</messageSubmit>
S:<response id="A001"/>
This operation adds the following message to the Mailbox:
From: "Sender Name" <fromName@domain>
Subject: Fwd: Sorry, I cannot make it :-(
To: "Recipient Name" <toName@domain>
X-Mailer: SuperClient v7.77
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:55:24 -0800
Message-ID: <ximss-38150012@this.server.dom>
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_===38330025====my.server.domain===_"
--_===38330025====my.server.domain===_
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Dear Susan,
Attached please find the message I received this morning...
Mary.
--_===38330025====my.server.domain===_
Content-Type: message/rfc822
From: "Barbara Smith" <barbara@domain>
Subject: Sorry, I cannot make it :-(
To: "Sender Name" <fromName@domain>
X-Mailer: OtherClient v8.88
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:51:24 -0800
Message-ID: <zzzzzzzzz@other.server.dom>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Mary,
Sorry, but I will be out of town tomorrow...
Barbara.
--_===38330025====my.server.domain===_--
- messageRedirect
- This operation tells the Server to compose a copy of a message stored in a Mailbox, and to submit it to the Queue for delivery.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- UID
- the message UID.
Body:
- A set of one or more To elements specifying the recipient address(es).
Example:
The Client redirects the message 156 stored in the INBOX folder to the a1@domain and a2@domain addresses:
C:<messageRedirect id="A001" folder="INBOX" UID="156">
<To realName="Recipient Name">a1@domain</To>
<To realName="Recipient-2">a2@domain</To>
</messageRedirect>
S:<response id="A001"/>
- messageForward
- This operation tells the Server to compose a copy of a message stored in a Mailbox, and to submit it to the Queue for delivery.
The operation uses the same attributes as the messageRedirect operation.
- messageConfirm
- This operation tells the Server to compose an MDN (Message Disposition Notification) report for a message stored in a Mailbox, and to submit it to the Queue for delivery.
Client applications should use this operation when:
- the message has been displayed to the user, and
- the message has the Disposition-Notification header field, and
- the message does not have the $MDNSent Message Flag, and
- the user Preference SendMDNMode is set to Automatically or it is set to Manually and
the user has explicitly requested to send a confirmation.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- UID
- the message UID.
- type
- this attribute should be set to auto (if the confirmation is generated automatically) or to manual
(if the user has explicitly requested to send a confirmation).
The Server sends the following data messages:
- folderMessage
- This synchronous data message is sent when the Server processes the folderRead request.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- UID
- the message UID.
Body:
- The XML presentation of the Message.
- messageAdded
- These synchronous data messages are sent when the Server processes the messageAppend and contactAppend requests with the report attributes set.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the Folder name.
- UID
- the newly added message UID.
Note: even if this data message is sent, the Server will still send asynchronous folderReport data message notifying the client about a new message added to the Folder.
The client SHOULD use the folderSync operation to synchronize its internal view with the Server view, otherwise the newly added message will not be "seen" in the Folder.
Contacts Operations
Contacts (vCard) information can be stored as an E-mail item in any Mailbox.
A vCard data element can be attached (as a MIME part) to any E-mail message. Each message
can contain several MIME parts each containing several vCard objects.
MIME parts with the text type and
x-vcard or dictionary subtype contain vCard elements.
To include vCard data into a message (using the messageAppend, messageSubmit operations)
include a MIME element with type="text" and subtype="directory". The element body should contain
one or more vCard elements.
The Contact-class Mailboxes are used to store special messages ("items") containing only vCard data.
In a properly composed item:
- the Subject field contains the vCard FN property.
- the To field contains the vCard EMAIL property.
- the X-Has-Certificate field exists and contains the true value if
the vCard contains a KEY property.
Use the following operations to compose and store such a special message:
- contactAppend
- This operation composes a special E-mail message containing the vCard data as its body, forms
all necessary E-mail message header fields and stores the resulting message in the specified Mailbox.
- Attributes:
- folder
- the target Folder name. If specified, the targetMailbox attribute is ignored.
- targetMailbox
- the target Mailbox name. It must be specified if the folder attribute is absent.
if the target Mailbox does not exist, it is created.
- flags, replacesUID, report
- these optional attributes have the same meaning as the same messageAppend attributes.
If the flags attribute is not specified, its value assumed to be Seen.
Body:
- exactly one vCard element.
The operation adds the vCard UID and FN attributes if they are missing.
Example 1:
The Client appends a vCard object to the Contacts Mailbox.
C:<contactAppend id="A011" targetMailbox="Contacts" >
<vCard>
<NAME>Bjorn Jensen</NAME>
<N><FAMILY>Jensen</FAMILY><GIVEN>bjorn</GIVEN>
<MIDDLE>A</MIDDLE><PREFIX>Mr.</PREFIX><SUFFIX>II</SUFFIX></N>
<EMAIL><INTERNET /><USERID>bjorn@domain.dom</USERID></EMAIL>
<TEL><WORK /><VOICE /><MSG /><NUMBER>+1 313 747-4454</NUMBER></TEL>
<KEY><x509 /><BINVAL>dGhpcyBjb3VsZCBiZSAKbXkgY2VydGlmaWNhdGUK</BINVAL></KEY>
</vCard>
</contactAppend>
S:<response id="A011"/>
Calendar Operations
A client can use the following operations to process a Calendar in the
authenticated Account, as well as in other Accounts
(by specifying the full Mailbox name as ~accountName@domainName/mailboxName).
- calendarOpen
- This operation opens the specified Mailbox as a "Calendar".
A Calendar represents a Server Mailbox, with all messages being parsed and all calendaring information
retrieved.
Each calendar has a name, and one session cannot have two calendars with the same name. On the
other hand, the same session can open the same Mailbox as two different calendars (with different names).
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the name for the new Calendar to be opened. A client can use an arbitrary string as a Calendar name.
- mailbox
- the Mailbox name.
If this attribute is not specified, the calendar name is used.
A session can use several open Calendars at the same time.
- findEvents
- This operation retrieves the VEVENT objects from the specified Calendar. Only the Events that fall
into the specified time interval are retrieved.
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the Calendar name.
- timeFrom, timeTill
- the beginning and the end of the time interval (time values should be specified for the selected time zone).
- limit
- this optional numeric attribute limits the number of the Events returned.
- skip
- this optional numeric attribute specifies how many "to be returned" Events should be skipped. Using this attribute,
a client can retrieve a large Event set in smaller "chunks".
The Server sends an events data message if at least one event is found in the specified time interval.
- calendarClose
- This operation closes an open Calendar.
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the Calendar name.
- calendarRead
- This operation tells the Server to retrieve a Message or its part.
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the Calendar name.
- UID
- the message UID.
- totalSizeLimit
- the maximum total size of all message parts returned.
- calendarPublish
- This operation places a calendaring item into a Calendar. The existing items(s) with the same UID are removed.
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the Calendar name.
- sendRequests
- if this optional attribute exists and its value is no, the item is stored without notifying participants.
Otherwise, a meeting or task request is sent to all participants, and, if there was an existing item with the same UID,
Cancel requests are sent to all participants existing in the old item, but excluded from the new item.
Body:
- The iCalendar element to place into the selected Calendar, and optionalMIME and/or copyMIME elements
to add (the same as elements used with the messageAppend operation).
The iCalendar element should contain optional vtimezone elements and
exactly one calendaring item element.
It is possible not to include the vtimezone element for the time zone
used in the calendaring item element if this time zone is one of the standard time zones known to the Server.
It is possible not to specify the time zone name in the properties containing date values without the Z suffix.
In this case, the TimeZone selected for the current user is used.
If the item does not contain an UID element, the Server generated a unique one and adds it to the item.
Example 1:
The Client published an iCalendar object to the Calendar calendar.
C:<calendarPublish id="A021" calendar="Calendar">
<iCalendar xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xcal">
<vCalendar method="PUBLISH" prodid="CommuniGate Pro 5.1.7" version="2.0">
<vevent>
<organizer CN="Big Boss">MAILTO:boss@company.dom</organizer>
<attendee CN="Small Boy">MAILTO:boy@company.dom</attendee>
<rrule>FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=MO,TH</rrule>
<dtstamp>20061022T091143Z</dtstamp>
<uid>18927897984@kjjkjkjk-123444</uid>
<sequence>0</sequence>
<summary>Report Meeting</summary>
<dtstart tzid="NorthAmerica/Pacific">20060515T100000</dtstart>
<dtend tzid="NorthAmerica/Pacific">20060515T110000</dtend>
<busystatus>BUSY</busystatus>
<last-modified>20060516T034850Z</last-modified>
<created>20060516T034850Z</created>
<priority>5</priority>
<description>A twice-a-week meeting to discuss the progress of the assigned projects.</description>
</vevent>
</vCalendar>
</iCalendar>
<MIME uploadID="att01" />
<copyMIME folder="INBOX" UID="156" partID="3"/>
</calendarPublish>
S:<response id="A021"/>
Note: If a time value is specified without the "Z" suffix, it is assumed to be a local time in the Time Zone selected for the current user.
- calendarCancel
- This operation removes a calendaring item from a Calendar. Cancel requests are sent to all participants.
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the Calendar name.
- UID
- optional; the message UID (numeric).
- sendRequests
- if this optional attribute is no, cancel request messages are not sent to the item attendees.
Body:
- optional iCalendar element to cancel.
If this element is not specified, the item with the specified message UID (this is a number, and it is not the calendar item UID)
is taken from the Calendar. Then all items with the same item UIDs are removed.
- optional requestComment element containing a text body - a comment to include into the cancel request message.
- calendarUpdate
- This operation updates a calendaring item in a Calendar using a reply-type iCalendar object.
This item specifies if a particular attendee has accepted or rejected the invitation.
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the Calendar name.
Body:
- The iCalendar reply-type item.
- calendarAccept
- This operation places a calendaring item into a Calendar. The existing items(s) with the same UID are removed.
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the Calendar name.
- PARTSTAT
- the acceptance status: ACCEPTED, TENTATIVE, IN-PROCESS (Tasks only), COMPLETED (Tasks only).
- sendReply
- if this optional attribute is no, no reply message is send to the item organizer.
Body:
- The iCalendar element to place into the selected Calendar;
- optionalMIME and/or copyMIME elements to add (the same as elements used with the messageAppend operation);
- optional replyComment element containing a text body - a comment to include into the reply message.
If the item is placed successfully, the iCalendar reply message is sent to the item organizer.
Replies are not sent for Event items specifying the current user as an attendee with RSVP=FALSE parameter,
or if the request sendReply attribute is set to no.
- calendarDecline
- This operation rejects a calendaring item.
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the Calendar name. This parameter is optional. If specified, the items with the same UID are removed from this Calendar.
- sendReply
- if this optional attribute is no, no reply message is send to the item organizer.
Body:
- The iCalendar element to decline.
- optional replyComment element containing a text body - a comment to include into the reply message.
Use this operation when a user decides not to attend a meeting stored as a published item in a Calendar.
(if the current user is the meeting origanizer, use the calendarCancel operation instead).
Specify the published item itself and the calendar attribute to remove the item from the Calendar.
The operation sends a negative reply message to the item organizer (unless the sendReply attribute is set to no).
Use this operation when a user opens a request item (in an incoming E-mail) and decides to decline that request.
Specify the request item, and do not specify any calendar attribute.
The operation sends a negative reply message to the item organizer (unless the sendReply attribute is set to no).
Use this operation when a user opens a cancellation request item (in an incoming E-mail),
and decides to remove the cancelled item from the Calendar.
Specify the cancellation request item and the calendar attribute (usually - the Main Calendar name),
to remove the corresponding item(s) from that calendar.
The operation does not send any reply message.
If the specified item is a request, the operation sends a negative reply message to the item organizer.
If the specified item is a cancel request item, the operation does not send a reply message to the item organizer; specify the calendar attribute to remove the corresponding item from the calendar.
The Server sends the following data messages:
- events
- These synchronous data messages are sent when the findEvents operation is used.
- Attributes:
- calendar, timeFrom, timeTill, skip
- the same as in the findEvents request.
- items
- the total number of Events found.
Body:
- a set of the event elements for each Event found.
- Attributes:
- UID
- the Event message UID.
- timeFrom
- the time when this Event starts (in the selected time zone). This attribute is not included for "all-day" Events.
- duration
- the Event duration (in seconds). This attribute is not included for "all-day" Events.
- busyStatus
- the Event busy status (BUSY, TENTATIVE, UNAVAILABLE, FREE).
Body:
- Event fields: summary
- calendarReport
- These messages are sent when the Calendar data is modified.
- Attributes:
- calendar
- the Calendar name.
- mode
- this optional attribute specifies the type of notification.
- If the attribute value is notify some calendar messages have been added, modified, or deleted.
The client is expected to re-send the findEvents request for this Calendar.
After the Server sends a "notify-mode" calendarReport message to the Client,
the Server may choose not to send further "notify-mode" messages for this Calendar until the client
performs the findEvents operation on this Calendar.
Signaling
A client should use the "bind" operation to start receiving signals directed to the authenticated user.
A client can maintain one or several concurrent communication sessions ("calls"). Each call is identified
with its callLeg identifier.
- signalBind
- This operation allows the current XIMSS session to receive signals directed to the authenticated user.
- Attributes:
- deviceName
- an optional parameter specifying the device used.
- presence
- an optional parameter. If set to yes, the client starts to receive Roster and Presence notifications.
Body (optional):
- the XML presentation of the client SDP descriptor.
The descriptor is used to specify the client capabilities (ability to accept audio/video calls) and
to detect "far-end NAT" configurations.
Note: to detect "far-end NAT" configurations, the SDP descriptor
must contain the ip attribute with the default media IP address used by the client (see below).
- signalUnbind
- After this operation is complete, the current XIMSS session does not receive signals directed to the authenticated user.
- callKill
- Use this operation to end the call and release all associated resources.
If the call was in the 'calling' state, the outgoing call is cancelled.
If the call was in the 'alerting' state, the incoming call is rejected.
If the call was in the 'connected' state, the disconnect signal is sent to the peer.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
After this operation succeeds, it is possible to create a new call with the same identifier.
- callStart
- Use this operation to start an outgoing call.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the new call identifier. The current XIMSS session should have no other call with this identifier.
- peer
- an E-mail address or a SIP URI to call.
Body:
- the XML presentation of the client SDP descriptor.
If this operation succeeds, the new call object is created and an outgoing call is initiated. The server may send zero,
one, or several callProvisioned messages, followed by a callDisconnect or callConnected message.
Note: the client should be ready to process these Server messages even before the client receives
the positive response for this callStart request.
Note: to process "behind-the-NAT" calls correctly, the SDP descriptor
must contain the ip attribute with the default media IP address used with the client (see below).
Note: if the call fails (the callDisconnected message is received),
the client still needs to use the callKill operation to release the resources associated with the call
and to allow itself to reuse the call identifier.
- callProvision
- Use this operation to provision an incoming call.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the incoming call identifier.
body (optional):- the XML presentation of the client SDP descriptor.
- callRedirect
- Use this operation to redirect an incoming call.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the incoming call identifier.
Body:
- one or more XML To elements. Each element should have a text body specifying a URI to redirect the call to.
Note: the client still needs to use the callKill operation to release the resources associated with the call
and to allow itself to reuse the call identifier.
Example:
Redirecting an incoming call inp003 to the user1@example.com and user2@example.com.
C:<callRedirect id="A018" callLeg="inp003" >
<To>user1@example.com</To><To>user2@example.com</To>
</callRedirect>
S:<response id="A018"/>
- callReject
- Use this operation to reject an incoming call. You can also use the callKill operation, but this operation
allows you to specify an error code.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the incoming call identifier.
- signalCode
- a numeric code (defined with the SIP standards) to pass to the Signal component as an error code.
Use the 486 code ("Busy here") to signal that this device is "busy" (but other devices registered for this user will continue to ring).
Use a 6xx code (600 - "Busy Everywhere" or 603 - "Declined") to signal that the user does not want to accept this call on any device (all other devices will stop ringing, too).
Note: the client still needs to use the callKill operation to release the resources associated with the call
and to allow itself to reuse the call identifier.
Example:
Rejecting an incoming call inp004 with the 603 "Declined" code:
C:<callReject id="A020" callLeg="inp004" signalCode="603" />
S:<response id="A020"/>
- callAccept
- Use this operation to accept an incoming call.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the incoming call identifier.
Body:
- the XML presentation of the client SDP descriptor.
- callSendDTMF
- Use this operation to send a DTMF signal via the signaling path.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
Body:
- a string with the DTMF code to send (10 for '*', 11 for '#').
- callUpdate
- Use this operation to update a call (to modify the call SDP descriptor).
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
Body:
- the XML presentation of the new client SDP descriptor.
If the operation succeeds, the server sends a callOpCompleted message.
If the operation fails, the server sends a callOpFailed message.
The client should not attempt any other operations (except callKill) with this call before a callOpCompleted or callOpFailed message is received.
- callTransfer
- Use this operation to transfer the connected peer to a different party.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
- peer
- an E-mail address or a SIP URI to transfer the call to. Use this attribute to initiate a "blind transfer" operation.
- otherLeg
- the call identifier. It should specify some other "call" in this session. Both calls should be in the 'connected' state.
Use this attribute to complete an "attended transfer" operation. The remote peer of the "callLeg" call is connected to the
remote peer of the "otherLeg" call.
If the otherLeg attribute is specified, the peer attribute is ignored.
If the call transfer operation succeeds, the "callLeg" call is disconnected (the callDisconnected message is sent to the client).
Additionally, if the operation was the "attended transfer" one, the client receives the callDisconnected message for the "otherLeg" call, too.
If the call transfer operation fails, the server sends a callOpFailed message.
- makeCall
- Use this operation to establish a call using any registered device or client. The Server initiates a call
to the autneticated Account, causing all its registred devices to ring. When any device answers the call, that device
is instructed to call the specified address (or telephone number).
- Attributes:
- peer
- an E-mail address or a SIP URI to call.
makeCallReport messages are sent to the client informing it about the call progress. This operation completes when
the call is established, or when the operation fails, or after a time-out (15 seconds). If the call is not established before time-out,
the operation completes, but the call establishing process proceeds.
The Server can send the following data messages:
- callProvisioned
- These asynchronous data messages are sent when there is an outgoing call in progress (after the callStart was received by the Server):
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
Body (optional):
- the XML presentation of the provisioning response SDP.
- callDisconnected
- These asynchronous data messages are sent when an outgoing call fails, when an incoming call is cancelled,
or when an established call disconnects:
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
- errorText
- this optional attribute specifies the call disconnect reason.
- signalCode
- this optional attribute specifies the numeric signaling error code.
Note: the client still needs to use the callKill operation to release the resources associated with the call
and to allow itself to reuse the call identifier.
- callConnected
- These asynchronous data messages are sent when an outgoing call succeeds and the call is established:
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
Body:
- The XML presentation of the remote party SDP.
- callIncoming
- These messages are sent when new incoming calls are received (you need to use the signalBind operation to receive incoming calls):
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier. The Server generates these identifiers itself.
- peer
- the remote peer E-mail address.
- peerName
- optional; the remote peer real name.
Body:
- The XML presentation of the request SDP.
- callUpdated
- These messages are sent when an extsting call is updated (placed on hold, switched to a different remote peer, etc.):
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
- peer
- optional; the remote peer E-mail address. It is sent when a call has been transferred.
- peerName
- optional; the remote peer real name.
Body:
- The XML presentation of the updated peer SDP.
- callOpCompleted
- These messages are sent when in-call operations (such as callUpdate) are completed.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
- callOpFailed
- These messages are sent when in-call operations (such as callUpdate, callSendDTMF) fail.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
- errorText
- the error message.
- callDTMF
- These messages are sent when a DTMF signal is received via the signaling path.
- Attributes:
- callLeg
- the call identifier.
Body:
- A string with the numeric DTMF code received.
- makeCallReport
- These messages are sent during the makeCall operation.
- Body:
- A string containing the current operation status.
Instant Messaging
The Instant Messaging (IM) model assumes that a client maintains a separate window for each "peer",
where a "peer" is some other IM user taking part in an IM conversation.
- sendIM
- This operation sends an Instant Message to the specified user.
The Server sends a XIMSS response without waiting till the Instant Message is actually delivered (or failed).
There is no explicit IM session opening operation.
If the Server does not have an open IM session with the specified peer, a new session is created.
- Attributes:
- peer
- the E-mail address of the user to send this message to.
Body:
- the Instant Message text (in the UTF-8 encoding) or the composing element.
This element should be sent when the user is preparing the message but has not sent it yet.
- closeIM
- A request to close all IM sessions with the specified user.
A client application should send this request when it closes an IM conversation window.
- Attributes:
- peer
- the user E-mail address.
The Server sends the following data messages:
- readIM
- These asynchronous data messages are sent when the Server receives an Instant Message for the client user.
- Attributes:
- peer
- the sender E-mail address.
- peerName
- optional; the sender real name.
Body:
- Either the Instant Message text (in the UTF-8 encoding) or a composing XML element.
This element is sent when the remote peer is preparing the message but has not sent it yet.
There is no explicit session opening operation. If the client has no open
conversation window for the specified user, it should open a new one.
- errorIM
- These asynchronous data messages are sent when the Server fails to deliver an Instant Message.
- Attributes:
- peer
- the recipient E-mail address.
- errorText
- the error message text.
- errorNum
- the error message numeric code.
Body:
- the failed Instant Message text (in the UTF-8 encoding).
Roster and Presence
The Roster and Presence model resembles that of the XMPP protocol.
A Roster is a set of items, each item describing a "contact" - some other local or remote user.
The user can monitor the presence information of a "contact", and a "contact" can be granted a right
to monitor the user's presence information.
- rosterList
- This operation retrieves all active Roster items.
- Attributes:
The Server sends rosterItem data messages for all currently active Roster "contacts".
- rosterSet
- This operation modifies a Roster "contact".
- Attributes:
- peer
- the contact E-mail address.
- subscription
- an optional attribute:
- remove: remove the contact from the Roster.
- subscribed: confirm the contact request to monitor the user's presence information.
- unsubscribed: reject the contact request to monitor the user's presence information, or revoke the already granted right to monitor.
- subscribe: send a request to monitor the contact's presence information.
- subBoth: confirm the contact request to monitor the user's presence information, and send a request to monitor the contact's presence information.
- unsubscribe: stop monitoring the contact's presence information.
- update or no attribute: update the contact information.
- name
- an optional attribute specifying the Contact real name.
Body:
- a set of group XML elements; each element body specifies the name of a Group this contact belongs to.
The update, subscribed, and subscribe operations create a new Roster item if the item with
the specified E-mail address does not exist.
- presenceSet
- This operation sets the user presence information. The Server aggregates the presence information
reported by all currently connected clients (XIMSS, XMPP, SIP) and distributes it to all network entities
subscribed to that information.
- Attributes:
- type
- this optional element may have the unavailable value. It indicates that the user is "virtually offline".
If this attribute is absent, the user is online.
Body:
- an optional show XML element; its text body specifies the XMPP-style user presence status:
- dnd - do not disturb, busy, on-the-phone.
- away - will be right back, in a meeting, out-to-lunch.
- xa - away ("extended away").
Alternatively, you can use a presence XML element; its text body specifies the more detailed user presence status:
- offline - "virtually offline".
- online - online.
- on-phone - user is engaged into a real-time conversation.
- in-meeting - user is in a middle of a meeting.
- busy - generic form "cannot chat right now".
- be-back - user will be right back
- out-lunch - user is out for a break/meal.
- away - extended away.
When a session starts, the user is "virtually offline". The client should use this operation to indicate that the user is online.
When the user disconnects, its session status is automatically changed to unavailable (offline).
The Server sends the following data messages:
- rosterItem
- These synchronous data messages are sent when the Server processes the rosterList request. One message
is sent for each Roster item ("Contact").
- Attributes:
- peer
- the contact E-mail address.
- subscription
- to: the user can monitor the contact.
- from: the contact can monitor the user.
- both: the user and the contact can monitor each other.
- none: the user and the contact do not monitor each other.
- ask
- this optional attribute has the subscribe value if the user has requested a subscription to the contact's
presence information, but this request has not been confirmed yet.
- name
- an optional attribute specifying the Contact real name.
Body:
- a set of group XML elements; each element body specifies the name
of a Group this contact belongs to.
If the signalBind operation was used to enable Roster and Presence notifications:
- Every time a Roster item is added or updated, the Server sends rosterItem messages with the new or updated data.
- Every time a Roster item is deleted, the Server sends the rosterItem message with the subscription attribute set to remove.
- The Server sends the presence data messages.
- presence
-
- Attributes:
- peer
- the Contact E-mail address.
- type
- an optional attribute:
- unavailable: the contact is offline.
- subscribe: the contact is requesting subscription to the user's presence information.
- absent: the contact is online.
Body:-
a presence XML element; its text body specifies the detailed contact presence status (see above);
an optional show XML element; its text body specifies the XMPP-style contact presence status (see above).
Preferences
A client can retrieve and update the authenticated user Preferences.
- prefsRead
- This operation retrieves authenticated user Preferences.
- Attributes:
- type
- this is an optional parameter.
If the specified value is default, the default Preferences for the Account Domain are retrieved.
If the specified value is custom, the explicitly specified Account Preferences are retrieved.
If the attribute is not specified, the effective Account Preferences are retrieved.
- prefsStore
- This operation retrieves authenticated user Preferences.
- Body:
- XML elements with the names equal to the Preference element names.
An element body contains the new Preference element value. If the value is the default string,
the custom Preference value is removed, and the default value becomes the effective Preference element value.
If the value is an array, it should be presented using the array XML presentation.
If the value is a dictionary, it should be presented using the dictionary XML presentation.
If the body contains the UserFromAddr element, the Server uses this element and an optional UserFromName
element to compose the UserFrom element with an E-mail address value
(in the "UserFromName_value" <UserFromAddr_value> format).
The Server sends the following data messages:
- prefs
- This synchronous data message is sent when the Server processes the prefsRead request.
- Attributes:
- type
- an optional attribute, the same as the request attribute.
Body:
- XML elements, with the names equal to Preference element names. An element body contains the Preference element value.
If the value is an array, it is presented using the array XML presentation.
If the value is a dictionary, it is presented using the dictionary XML presentation.
If the prefs data contains the UserFrom string, the Server tries to parse that E-mail address.
If the address is parsed, the UserFromAddr element (with the pure userName@domainName address) and,
optinally, UserFromName element (with the address comment) are added to the data message body.
File Storage Operations
A client can manage the Account File Storage.
If the authenticated user has the CanAccessWebSites Domain Administrator right,
this client can manage files in someone else's Account by using the prefix when specifying file names:
~accountName/fileName.
- fileList
- This operation provides a list of stored files.
- Attributes:
- directory
- an optional attribute with the File Storage subdirectory name.
If absent, the content of the Account top File Storage directory is returned.
The Server returns one fileInfo message for each file or directory in the specified File Storage directory.
- fileWrite
- This operation stores data in a file.
- Attributes:
- fileName
- the name of file to write to.
- position
- If this attribute is absent, then this operation completely rewrites the specified file. If the file
did not exist, it is created.
If this attribute value is append, this operation adds the data to the file end (atomically).
If this attribute value is a number, the operation rewrites the existing file from the byte position specified with this number.
Body:
- Either a text with file data, or a base64 XML element. The text body of this XML element is base64-encoded file data (base64 encoding allows you to store binary data).
- fileStore
- This operation stores an uploaded file as a File Storage file.
- Attributes:
- fileName
- the name of file to be created.
- uploadID
- a string identifying a file in the "uploaded file set".
If a file under this name already exists, the old file is removed first.
- fileRead
- This operation reads data from a file.
- Attributes:
- fileName
- the name of file to read from.
- position
- This numeric attribute specifies the file position to start reading from. If this attribute is absent, then the file is read from its start (from the file position 0).
- limit
- This numeric attribute specifies the maximum size of the file data portion to read. If not specified, 1MB limit is used.
- type
- If this optional attribute exists and its value is binary, the file data is returned base64-encoded.
The Server returns a fileData message.
- fileRename
- This operation removes a file or directory in the File Storage.
- Attributes:
- fileName
- the name of file or directory to rename.
- newName
- the new name for the file or directory.
- fileRemove
- This operation removes a file or directory from the File Storage.
- Attributes:
- fileName
- the name of file or directory to remove. Only empty directories can be removed.
- fileCopy
- This operation copies file or message contents into a File Storage file.
- Attributes:
- newName
- the name of file to create (copy target). If file with this name already exists, it is removed.
- fileName
- optional: the name of File Storage file to copy.
Body:
- one optional copyMIME element. It specified a message part to decode and copy into the specified file.
The operation must contain either a fileName attribute or one copyMIME body element.
The Server sends the following data messages:
- fileInfo
- This synchronous data message is sent when the Server processes the fileList request.
- Attributes:
- fileName
- the file or subdirectory name.
- directory
- an optional attribute, the same as the directory attribute in the fileList request.
- type
- an optional attribute exists and contains the directory value, if this message describes a subdirectory.
- size
- an optional attribute with the file size in bytes (absent if this message describes a subdirectory).
- timeModified
- an optional attribute with the file modification date and time (local time).
- fileData
- This message is sent when the Server processes the fileRead request.
- Attributes:
- fileName
- the name of read file.
- position
- the file position of the read data.
- slice
- the size of read data (in bytes). To read the next portion of the file, add the position and slice values to get the new position value.
- size
- the file total size.
- timeModified
- an optional attribute with the file modification date and time (local time).
Body:
- Either a text with file data, or the base64 element. The body of this XML element is base64-encoded file data (base64 encoding allows you to retrieve binary data).
Examples:
C:<fileRead id="A001" fileName="test.txt" />
S:<fileData id="A001" fileName="test.txt"position="0" slice="22" size="22" timeModified="20061018T115836">This is not your file!</fileData>
S:<response id="A001"/>
C:<fileRead id="A002" fileName="test.txt" limit="15" />
S:<fileData id="A002" fileName="test.txt"position="0" slice="15" size="22" timeModified="20061018T115836">This is not you</fileData>
S:<response id="A002"/>
C:<fileRead id="A003" fileName="test.txt" limit="15" position="15" />
S:<fileData id="A003" fileName="test.txt"position="15" slice="7" size="22" timeModified="20061018T115836">r file!</fileData>
S:<response id="A003"/>
C:<fileRead id="A004" fileName="test.txt" limit="15" position="15" type="binary" />
S:<fileData id="A004" fileName="test.txt"position="15" slice="7" size="22" timeModified="20061018T115836"><base64>ciBmaWxlIQ==</base64></fileData>
S:<response id="A004"/>
C:<fileRead id="A005" fileName="test.txt" position="25" />
S:<response id="A005" errorText="reading beyond the EOF mark" errorNum="500" />
Automated Rule Management
A client can manage the Account
Automated Rules.
Rules sets are addressed using the
type parameter. The following parameter values are supported:
Each Rule in a set has name and priority attributes. Signal Rules also have a stage attribute,
specifying when the Rule should be applied.
Each Rule contains zero or more condition elements, zero or more action elements,
and zero or one comment elements:
- condition
- See the Rules section for more information.
- Attributes:
- opCode
- the Rule condition data.
- operator
- the Rule condition operation.
Body:
- the Rule condition parameter.
- action
- See the Rules section for more information.
- Attributes:
- opCode
- the Rule action operation.
Body:
- the Rule action parameter.
- comment
-
- Body:
- the Rule comment text.
Example:
a Mail Rule storing all messages with the
X-Junk: 5 header field in the
Junk Mailbox.
Exception is made for messages coming from authenticated users.
<rule type="mailIn" name="Junk Filter" priority="2" >
<condition opCode="Header Field" operator="is">X-Junk: 5*</condition>
<condition opCode="Source" operator="is not">authenticated</condition>
<action opCode="Store in">Junk</action>
<action opCode="Discard"></action>
<comment>This is my test Rule!</comment>
</rule>
- ruleList
- This operation tells the Server to send one rule message for each Account Rule of the specified type.
These messages do not have a body.
- Attributes:
- type
- the Rule set.
- ruleRead
- This operation tells the Server to send one rule message for the specified Rule. This message
body contains XML elements with the Rule condition(s), action(s), and an optional comment.
- Attributes:
- type
- the Rule set.
- name
- the Rule name.
- ruleSet
- This operation stores a new Rule. If there is an existing Rule with the same name, it is removed.
The user should have a right to specify conditions and actions used in both new and old Rules.
- Attributes:
- type
- the Rule set.
- name
- the Rule name.
- priority
- the Rule priority.
- stage
- the Rule stage (for Signal Rules).
Body:
- the same XML elements as used in the rule message:
zero or more condition elements, zero or more action elements, and zero or one comment element.
- ruleUpdate
- This operation modifies the existing Rule priority and/or its stage (for Signal Rules).
The user should have a right to specify conditions and actions used in the Rule to be modified.
- Attributes:
- type
- the Rule set.
- name
- the Rule name.
- priority
- the Rule priority.
- stage
- the Rule stage (for Signal Rules).
- ruleRename
- This operation renames an existing Rule.
The user should have a right to specify conditions and actions used in the Rule to be renamed.
- Attributes:
- type
- the Rule set.
- name
- the existing Rule name.
- newName
- the new Rule name.
- ruleRemove
- This operation removes an existing Rule.
The user should have a right to specify conditions and actions used in the Rule to be removed.
- Attributes:
- type
- the Rule set.
- name
- the existing Rule name.
The Server sends the following data messages:
- rule
- This synchronous data message is sent when the Server processes the ruleList request or the ruleRead request.
See above for the rule message format.
Real-Time Application Management
A client can interact with the Real-Time Applications running on the CommuniGate Pro Server or Cluster.
A XIMSS session can communicate with Tasks by sending them Events.
Tasks see a XIMSS session as a yet another Task, so they can send Events back to it.
Each XIMSS session maintains a list of Tasks Handles for the Tasks it communicates with. Each handle in the list is
associated with an taskID string. The XIMSS client uses these taskID strings to address the Tasks in the list.
- taskFindMeeting
- This operation implements the FindMeeting operation.
See the CG/PL section for more information.
- Attributes:
- meetingSet
- the optional Meeting set name. If the parameter value is missing or it is an empty string, the Default Meeting Set is used.
- meetingName
- the unique ID or name for the Meeting.
If this operation succeeds, the Server returns a taskMeeting message with the found meeting data.
- taskCreateMeeting
- This operation implements the CreateMeeting operation.
See the CG/PL section for more information.
- Attributes:
- meetingSet
- the optional Meeting set name. If the parameter value is missing or it is an empty string, the Default Meeting Set is used.
- meetingName
- the unique ID or name for the Meeting.
Body:
- The text to add to the Meeting Event as a parameter.
- taskRemoveMeeting, taskClearMeeting, taskActivateMeeting, taskDeactivateMeeting
- These operations implement the Meeting operations.
See the CG/PL section for more information.
- Attributes:
- meetingSet
- the optional Meeting set name. If the parameter value is missing or it is an empty string, the Default Meeting Set is used.
- meetingName
- the unique ID or name for the Meeting.
- taskSendEvent
- This operation send an Event to a Task.
- Attributes:
- taskRef
- the internal taskID of the Task to send an Event to.
- eventName
- the name of the Event to send.
Body:
- text to send with the Event as a parameter.
- taskClose
- There are some session resources associated with each internal taskID. If your client works
with many different Tasks, it is recommended that it uses the taskClose operation when it ends communication
with a particular Task, so its session-internal taskID is released.
If the same Task sends an Event to this session, or its Task Handle is discovered using other mechanisms,
the new taskID is assigned to this Task in this session.
- Attributes:
- taskRef
- the internal taskID to release.
The Server sends the following data messages:
- taskMeeting
- This synchronous data message is sent when the Server processes the taskFindMeeting request.
- Attributes:
- meetingSet, meetingName
- copies of the taskFindMeeting request attributes.
- taskRef
- an optional attribute: the internal taskID of the Task that has activated this Meeting.
- expires
- an optional attribute with the Meeting expiration date and time (GMT).
Body:
- The XML presentation of the Meeting parameters.
- taskEvent
- This asynchronous data message is sent when some Task or the Server itself sends an Event to the current XIMSS session.
- Attributes:
- taskRef
- the internal taskID of the Task that has sent this Event. If this attribute is absent, then the Event
was generated and sent by the Server itself.
- eventName
- the name of the received Event.
Body:
- The text or the XML presentation of the Event parameter.
Directory
A client can access the global Directory.
- listDirectory
- This operation retrieves data from the Directory.
- Attributes:
- baseDN
- the directory record DN to start the search from. If the attribute value is $, the baseDN is set to the Directory subtree containing records for the current Account Domain.
- filter
- this optional attribute specifies a search filter in the RFC2254 format.
- scope
- this optional attribute specifies the search type:
- base - the baseDN record is retrieved (the filter attribute is ignored)
- one (default) - the baseDN immediate subtree is searched (one-level search)
- sub - the entire baseDN subtree is searched (multi-level search)
- limit
- this optional attribute specifies the maximum number of directory records to retrieve.
Body (optional):
- a set of field XML elements. Each element should have a text body containing the name of an attribute to retrieve.
If no field element is specified, all non-service Directory record attributes are retrieved.
Note: if the mail attribute is explicitly specified, the Server will compose this attribute value for all CommuniGate Pro Object records without this attribute.
The Server sends a directoryData message for each record found.
The Server sends the following data messages:
- directoryData
- This synchronous data message is sent for each Directory record retrieved with the listDirectory request.
- Attributes:
- name
- the record DN.
Body:
- The XML presentation of the Record attributes.
Datasets
A client can manage the Account datasets (such as the RepliedAddresses dataset).
- datasetRemove
- This operation removes an Account dataset.
- Attributes:
- dataset
- the name of the dataset to remove.
- ifExists
- if this attribute exists and its value is yes, no error is generated when the specified dataset does not exist.
XML Data Formats
Data elements are presented in the XML format using the following conventions.
Array
An array is presented as a sequence of one or more subValue XML elements.
The XML element body represents an Array element.
An empty array is presented as one subValue XML element without a body.
Dictionary
A dictionary is presented as a sequence of one or more subKey XML elements.
The XML element key attribute presents the dictionary element key, and the XML body represents the dictionary element value.
An empty dictionary is presented as one subKey XML element without a key attribute and without a body.
EMail
This XML element represents an E-mail message or its message/rfc822 MIME subpart.
- Body:
- a set of XML elements containing E-mail message header fields, such as From, Date, etc.,
and not including MIME content-related fields (such as Content-Type),
and (optionally) a MIME element with the message body.
The type of each XML element is the field name:
- <Subject>Hello, world!</Subject>
Field categories:
- Addresses: From, To, Cc, Bcc, Return-Path,
Sender, Reply-To, Disposition-Notification-To,
Recent-From, Recent-To,
Return-Receipt-To, Errors-To
- These elements can contain the realName attribute - a MIME-decoded address name-part or comment.
The element body is the E-mail address, in the userName@domainName format, or the more generic
userName[%domainA[%domainB]]@domainName format.
If a field contains several addresses, then several XML elements are created, so each element
contains exactly one body element.
- Timestamps: Date, Resent-Date
- These elements contain:
the timeShift attribute - the time difference (in seconds)
between the local time specified in the field and the corresponding GMT time
the localTime attribute - the field time value (in the iCalendar format) in the Time Zone selected for the current user.
The element body is the field global (GMT) time value in the iCalendar format.
- Pty
- These elements body are High or Low strings. These values are converted to and from numeric X-Priority header field values.
- Unstructured
- All fields not listed in previous categories belong to this category.
The element body contains the MIME-decoded field value.
Example:
From: "Mr. Sender." <user1@example.com>
To: user2@example.com (My Friend),
=?iso-8859-1?Q?=4Eot=20A=20Friend?= <user2@example.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:15:48 -0700
Subject: It's 1:15PM now, the meeting has started!
<EMail>
<From realName="Mr. Sender.">user1@example.com</From>
<To realName="My Friend">user2@example.com</To>
<To realName="Not A Friend">user3@example.com</To>
<Bcc>user1@example.com</Bcc>
<Date timeShift="-25200" localTime="20060410T151548">20060410T201548Z</Date>
<Subject>It's 1:15PM now, the meeting has started!</Subject>
</EMail>
MIME
This XML element represents a message body or its part (referred to as "part" in the rest of this section).
- Attributes:
- partID
- this string provides the MIME part location within the message. It can be used to retrieve this message part.
- estmatedSize
- the estimated size (in bytes) of the part data, after the part data is decoded.
- type
- the part Content-Type type, without the subtype information.
- subtype
- the part Content-Type subtype, if present.
- charset
- the part character set (assume UTF-8 if the attribute is absent).
- contentID
- the Content-ID string (without the enclosing angle brackets).
- disposition
- the Content-Disposition string (without parameters).
- description
- the Content-Description string.
- location
- the Content-Location string.
- class
- the Content-Class string, after removing the urn: and content-classes: prefixes.
- Type-name
- any Content-Type field name parameter with its value, excluding the boundary, charset, and format parameters.
- Disposition-name
- any Content-Disposition field name parameter with its value.
Body:
- The element body is optional. When present, it contains the part body data.
If the Server fails to read the element body part data, the readError attribute is added to the element. The attribute value contains the reading error code.
If the Server fails to parse the element body part data, the parserError attribute is added to the element. The attribute value contains the parsing error code.
The element format depends on the part Content-Type (the "*" symbol below means any Content-Type or subtype):
- multipart/*
- Zero or more MIME XML elements containing message subparts.
- message/rfc822
- A EMail XML element for the enclosed message.
- text/rfc822-headers
- An EMail XML element (not containing the MIME body element).
- text/directory, text/x-vcard
- Zero or more vCard XML elements.
- text/calendar
- an iCalendar XML element.
- message/disposition-notification, message/delivery-status
- a MIMEReport XML element.
- text/*
- The decoded message text, with all EOL symbols replaced with the Line Feed (0x0A) symbol.
Note: When a message is being retrieved with the folderRead operation,
a MIME element body is included only if its size plus the size of the parts already included into the response XML
does not exceed the totalSizeLimit operation attribute.
Example:
From: <user1@example.com>
To: user2@example.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;boundary="abcd"
Content-Description: Test Message
--abcd
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1";
format=flowed; paramX="valueX"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
=46rom where I stay, I can see & hear a lot!
--abcd
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<html><body bgcolor=3D"yellow">
<I>From where I stay</I>, I can see & hear a lot!
</body></html>
--abcd--
<EMail>
<From>user1@example.com</From>
<To>user2@example.com</To>
<MIME Type="multipart" subtype="alternative" Description="Test Message">
<MIME type="text" subtype="plain" charset="iso-8859-1" type-paramX="valueX">
From where I stay, I can see & hear a lot!
</MIME>
<MIME type="text" subtype="html" charset="iso-8859-1" type-paramX="valueX">
<html><body bgcolor="yellow">
<I>From where I stay</I>, I can see &amp; hear a lot!
</body></html>
</MIME>
</MIME>
</EMail>
vCard
This XML element represents a vCard object (as specified in the Jabber/XEP vCard XML documents).
- Attributes:
- modified
- This optional attribute contains the value of the REV property (iCalendar-formatted GMT time).
Body:
- Contains vCard properties stored XML elements with the same names, converted to the uppercase ASCII.
Each property element contains:
- Attributes:
- none
Body:
- a set of XML sub-elements representing property parameters and the property value:
- parameters
- XML elements with the same names as the parameter names, converted to the uppercase ASCII.
The ENCODING and QUOTED-PRINTABLE vCard property parameters
are used to decode the property value and they are not stored.
- value
- structured value (N,ORG,ADR)
- a set of XML elements with structure element names, and text bodies containing a subpart of the structured property value.
- binary value
- a BINVAL XML element with a text body containing the base64-encoded property value.
- text value
- a VALUE XML element with a text body containing the property value.
Example:
begin:VCARD
source:ldap://cn=bjorn Jensen, o=university of Michigan, c=US
name:Bjorn Jensen
n:Jensen;bjorn;A;Mr;II
email;type=INTERNET:bjorn@umich.edu
org:U of Michigan;Computer Science Dept.
tel;type=WORK,MSG:+1 313 747-4454
key;type=x509;encoding=B:dGhpcyBjb3VsZCBiZSAKbXkgY2VydGlmaWNhdGUK
end:VCARD
<vCard>
<SOURCE><VALUE>ldap://cn=bjorn Jensen, o=university of Michigan, c=US</VALUE></SOURCE>
<NAME><VALUE>Bjorn Jensen</VALUE></NAME>
<N><FAMILY>Jensen</FAMILY><GIVEN>bjorn</GIVEN>
<MIDDLE>A</MIDDLE><PREFIX>Mr.</PREFIX><SUFFIX>II</SUFFIX></N>
<EMAIL><VALUE>bjorn@umich.edu</VALUE></EMAIL>
<ORG><ORGNAME>U of Michigan</ORGNAME><ORGUNIT>Computer Science Dept.</ORGUNIT></ORG>
<TEL><WORK /><MSG /><VALUE>+1 313 747-4454</VALUE></TEL>
<KEY><x509 /><BINVAL>dGhpcyBjb3VsZCBiZSAKbXkgY2VydGlmaWNhdGUK</BINVAL></KEY>
</vCard>
iCalendar
This XML element represents an iCalendar object.
- Body:
- a vCalendar element.
vCalendar
This XML element represents a vCalendar object.
- Attributes:
- version
- the vCalendar version (2.0 for iCalendar)
- method
- an optional attribute with a vCalendar method
- prodid
- an optional identification string of the product used to create this vCalendar object.
Body:- a set of vtimezone, vevent,
and/or vtodo elements.
vtimezone
This XML element represents a VTIMEZONE object.
- Body:
- a set of XML elements:
- tzid: the element body contains the zone name.
- standard and, optionally, daylight: these element bodies contain the following XML elements:
- tzoffsetto: the element body contains the time shift value.
- tzoffsetfrom (optional): the element body contains the time shift value.
- rrule (optional): the element body contains a string with recurrence descriptor.
Example:
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Central
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:19710101T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:19710101T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
<vtimezone>
<tzid>Europe/Central</tzid>
<standard>
<dtstart>19710101T030000</dtstart>
<tzoffsetto>+0100</tzoffsetto>
<rrule>FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU</rrule>
</standard>
<daylight>
<dtstart>19710101T020000</dtstart>
<tzoffsetto>+0200</tzoffsetto>
<rrule>FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU</rrule>
</daylight>
</vtimezone>
vevent, vtodo
These XML elements represent VEVENT and VTODO objects.
Attributes:
- localTime
- this attribute is present for non-recurrent objects only. It contains the date and time the object starts.
The time is the local time in the Time Zone selected for the current user.
- localStart
- this attribute is present for recurrent objects only. It contains the time the object starts (seconds since midnight).
The time is the local time in the Time Zone selected for the current user.
Body:
- a set of XML elements, each representing one property.
The property parameters are represented as element attributes.
The property value is represented as the element body.
If the value starts with the MAILTO: prefix, this prefix is removed.
Example:
BEGIN:VEVENT
ORGANIZER;CN="Jim Smith":MAILTO:jim_smith@example.com
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH;UNTIL=20060305T000000Z
DTSTAMP:20051204T140844Z
UID:566852630.4@mail.example.com
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:test - recurrent
DTSTART;TZID=NorthAmerica/Pacific:20051204T100000
DTEND;TZID=NorthAmerica/Pacific:20051204T110000
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:BUSY
LAST-MODIFIED:20051204T140844Z
CREATED:20051204T140844Z
PRIORITY:5
END:VEVENT
<vevent>
<organizer CN="Jim Smith">jim_smith@example.com</organizer>
<rrule>FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH;UNTIL=20060305T000000Z</rrule>
<dtstamp>20051204T140844Z</dtstamp>
<uid>566852630.4@mail.example.com</uid>
<sequence>1</sequence>
<summary>test - recurrent</summary>
<dtstart tzid="NorthAmerica/Pacific">20051204T100000</dtstart>
<dtend tzid="NorthAmerica/Pacific">20051204T110000</dtend>
<busystatus>BUSY</busystatus>
<last-modified>20051204T140844Z</last-modified>
<created>20051204T140844Z</created>
<priority>5</priority>
</vevent>
xrule
This XML element represents an recurrence object.
- Attributes:
- freq
- the recurrence type.
- interval
- the interval parameter. If absent, interval is assumed to be 1.
- wkst
- the week start day name. If absent, the MO (Monday) is assumed.
- count
- an optional integer attribute specifying the COUNT parameter.
- until
- an optional attribute specifying the UNTIL parameter in the iCalendar date-time format.
Body:- a set of XML elements:
- BYMONTH, BYWEEKNO, BYYEARDAY, BYMONTHDAY, BYSETPOS
- each element body contains a number - the month number, the week number, etc. Except for the BYMONTH element, the number can be negative.
- BYDAY
- each element body contains one day name (MO, TU, .. SU);
each element can contain an optional numeric week attribute - the week number (it can be negative).
sdp
This XML element represents an SDP object.
- Attributes:
- ip
- the default media IP address (optional).
- origUser
- the username field of the session origin (optional).
- sessionID
- the sess-id field of the session origin.
- sessionVersion
- the sess-version field of the session origin.
- origIP
- the IP address specified in the nettype, addrtype, and unicast-address fields of the session origin.
- subject
- the session subject (optional). If missing the - subject is used.
Body:
- a set of media elements.
Example:
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH;UNTIL=20060305T000000Z
<xrule freq="WEEKLY" interval="2" until="20060305T000000Z">
<BYDAY>MO</BYDAY><BYDAY>TU</BYDAY><BYDAY>WE</BYDAY><BYDAY>TH</BYDAY>
</xrule>
Example:
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU
<xrule freq="YEARLY">
<BYMONTH>10</BYMONTH><BYDAY week="-1">SU</BYDAY>
</xrule>
media
This XML element represents an SDP Media object.
- Attributes:
- media
- the media type (such as audio, video). If this attribute is missing, the audio value is used.
- ip
- the media address and port.
- protocol
- the media protocol (such as udp, tcp, RTP/AVP). If this attribute is missing, the RTP/AVP value is used.
- direction
- the media direction (sendrecv, sendonly, recvonly, inactive).
Body:
- a set of codec elements.
codec
This XML element represents an SDP Media codec.
- Attributes:
- id
- the codec ID - the RTP payload number (a number in the 0..127 range).
- name
- the codec name (such as PCMU/8000).
- format
- the codec format parameter.
Example: a sample SDP document and its XML presentation:
v=0
o=- 6385718 9999 IN IP4 192.168.1.65
s=-
c=IN IP4 192.168.1.65
t=0 0
m=audio 16398 RTP/AVP 0 4 8 101
a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
a=rtpmap:4 G723/8000
a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
a=rtpmap:101 telephone-event/8000
a=fmtp:101 0-15
a=sendrecv
<sdp ip="[192.168.1.65]" origUser="-" sessionID="6385718" sessionVersion="9999" originIP="[192.168.1.65]">
<media media="audio" ip="[192.168.1.65]:16398" protocol="RTP/AVP" direction="sendrecv">
<codec id="0" name="PCMU/8000" />
<codec id="4" name="G723/8000" />
<codec id="8" name="PCMA/8000" />
<codec id="101" name="telephone-event/8000" format="0-15" />
</media>
</sdp>
MIMEReport
This XML element represents a message report, such as Disposition Notification or a Delivery report.
- Attributes:
- none
Body:
- a set of XML elements containing report header fields, such as Reporting-MTA, /Final-Recipient, etc.
and (optionally) MIMEReport elements for the report body.
Example:
Subject: Delivery report: TEST - disposition and delivery
From: <MAILER-DAEMON@remote.example.com>
To: <sender@local.example.com>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 00:33:13 -0700
Message-ID: <receipt-39457791@remote.example.com>
X-MAPI-Message-Class: REPORT.IPM.Note.DR
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type="delivery-status"; boundary="_===39457791====remote.example.com===_"
--_===39457791====remote.example.com===_
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Message delivered to '<recepient@remote.example.com>'
LOCAL module(account recepient) reports:
Delivered to the user mailbox
--_===39457791====remote.example.com===_
Content-Type: message/delivery-status
Reporting-MTA: dns; remote.example.com
Original-Recipient: rfc822;<recepient@remote.example.com>
Final-Recipient: LOCAL;<recepient>
Action: delivered
Status: 2.0.0
--_===39457791====remote.example.com===_
Content-Type: text/rfc822-headers
From: "Sender Name" <sender@local.example.com>
Subject: TEST - disposition and delivery
To: recepient@remote.example.com
X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.1.9
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 00:35:51 -0700
Message-ID: <web-3990004@local.example.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Disposition-Notification-To: <sender@local.example.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset="utf-8";format="flowed"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
--_===39457791====remote.example.com===_--
<EMail>
<Subject>Delivery report: TEST - disposition and delivery</Subject>
<From>MAILER-DAEMON@stalker.com</From>
<To>sender@local.example.com</To>
<Date localTime="20070502T003313" timeShift="-25200">20070502T073313Z</Date>
<Message-Id><receipt-39457791@remote.example.com></Message-Id>
<X-MAPI-Message-Class>REPORT.IPM.Note.DR</X-MAPI-Message-Class>
<MIME estimatedSize="1433" subtype="report" type="multipart" Type-report-type="delivery-status">
<MIME charset="utf-8" estimatedSize="120" partID="01" subtype="plain" type="text">Message delivered to '<recepient@remote.example.com>'
LOCAL module(account recepient) reports:
Delivered to the user mailbox
</MIME>
<MIME estimatedSize="158" partID="02" subtype="delivery-status" type="message">
<MIMEReport>
<Reporting-MTA>dns; remote.example.com</Reporting-MTA>
<MIMEReport>
<Original-Recipient>rfc822;<recepient@remote.example.com></Original-Recipient>
<Final-Recipient>LOCAL;<recepient></Final-Recipient>
<Action>delivered</Action>
<Status>2.0.0</Status>
</MIMEReport>
</MIMEReport>
</MIME>
<MIME estimatedSize="787" partID="03" subtype="rfc822-headers" type="text">
<EMail>
<From realName="Sender Name">sender@local.example.com</From>
<Subject>TEST - disposition and delivery</Subject>
<To>recepient@remote.example.com</To>
<X-Mailer>CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.1.9</X-Mailer>
<Date localTime="20070502T003551" timeShift="-25200">20070502T073551Z</Date>
<Message-Id><web-3990004@local.example.com></Message-Id>
<Disposition-Notification-To>sender@local.example.com</Disposition-Notification-To>
</EMail>
</MIME>
</MIME>
</EMail>
HTTP Access
Some clients may be unable to implement all operations via the XIMSS protocol.
When a XIMSS session is created, its ID is reported back to the client using the session
data message. The Server provides access to that session via the HTTP protocol.
Message Part Retrieval
The following URL can be used to retrieve any part of a message visible in any currently opened
Folder:
- /Session/sessionID/MIME/folder/UID-partID-suffix[/filename]
where
- sessionID
- the current XIMSS session ID, sent with the session data message
- folder
- the target Folder name or the target Calendar name
- UID
- the target message UID in the target Folder or Calendar
- partID
- the id of the requested message MIME part. This is the string reported in the MIME
XML element when the message was retrieved using the folderRead command. If the entire
message is to be retrieved, the partID string and the following - symbol should be
omitted.
- suffix
- the retrieval mode:
- P.txt - the entire undecoded part (including the headers and the body) is retrieved.
- H.txt - the part headers are retrieved.
- B.extension - the decoded part body is retrieved. You can use any appropriate file name extension.
The HTTP response gets the Content-Type of the retrieved MIME part.
- R/cid - the cid string should be URI-encoded. Its decoded value
specifies a MIME-part Content-ID. The Server searches all MIME parts "related" to the current one,
and retrieves the body of the part with the matching Content-ID.
This feature is used to convert cid:-type URLs in HTML-formatted messages.
- filename
- an optional file name. It is ignored by the Server, but it can help the user browser to store the file under the proper name.
Examples:
C:GET /Session/1-2xklkdld8-djdkjk/MIME/INBOX/567-01-B.gif HTTP/1.1
C:GET /Session/1-2xklkdld8-djdkjk/MIME/INBOX/567-02-01-B.gif/Logo.gif HTTP/1.1
File Uploading
The following URL can be used to upload a file to the session "uploaded file set".
- /Session/sessionID/UPLOAD/uploadID
where
- sessionID
- the current XIMSS session ID, sent with the session data message.
- uploadID
- a string identifying this file in the "uploaded file set".
The request body should contain a file in the raw (binary) form, as a body element with the fileData name.
When the file is uploaded and added to the "uploaded file set", the Server returns the 200 response code. If uploading
failed, the Server returns the 500 response code.
The uploaded file is stored together with its Content-Type value.
If the "uploaded file set" already contains a file with the specified uploadID value, the old file is removed.
File Downloading
The following URL can be used to download a file from the session Account
File Storage.
- /Session/sessionID/DOWNLOAD/fileName
where
- sessionID
- the current XIMSS session ID, sent with the session data message.
- fileName
- the file name in the session Account File Storage.
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