
The MAPI Connector converts these requests into extended IMAP commands and sends them Microsoft Outlook (Outlook 2002, Outlook XP and later) running in the "groupware" mode,Īnd from other Windows applications.
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The CommuniGate Pro MAPI Connector acts as a "MAPI provider". MAPI Connector converts messages back into the "MAPI object" format and passes the converted objectsīack to MAPI and Windows applications (such as Outlook). When reading those Mailboxes, the CommuniGate Pro Standard Internet messages in a CommuniGate Pro Mailbox. MAPI data into one of the standard Internet formats and stores the converted "messaging objects" as The CommuniGate Pro MAPI Connector converts the That has very little in common with any Internet format. Windows applications send data objects via MAPI to Connector modules in the so-called "MAPI object" format One of the problems that such a Connector has to solve is data format: The expandable nature of the MAPI architecture allows for creation of additional "Connectors" thatĬan interact with various server products. "personal folders", to a fax server, etc. Uses the installed "Connector" modules to send those requests to an Exchange® server, to locally stored Instead, applications send Messaging requests (suchĪs "list my mailboxes", "retrieve message number X", etc.) to the MAPI component, and the MAPI component

Windows applications do notĭeal directly with a groupware server (or any other "data store"). The MAPI infrastructure provides an additional level of abstraction. The system component that the Microsoft corporation has included into its Windows® operating systemĪnd the API to use that component with Windows applications. MAPI stands for Messaging Application Programming Interface,
