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HP DeskManagerPLUS B.05.00 Enhancements by Stuart Craig Pinewood Information Systems Division The latest version of HP DeskManagerPLUS (B.05.00) is now available and includes all of the enhancements included in HP DeskManager B.05.00 plus the following major enhancements. TRANSPORT The following enhancements have been made to the transport system provided by DeskManagerPLUS B.05.00. NS Transport Data Compression The system administrator can specify in the configurator, that data will be compressed before it is transmitted over an NS link between two HP DeskManagerPLUS systems, to provide an opportunity to reduce line utilization and consequently data communications costs. USER INTERFACE The following enhanced functionality is available with the DeskManagerPLUS B.05.00 release. Routing & Authorization DeskManagerPLUS allows you to indicate in an HP DeskManager message that its contents require the authorization/approval of a defined set of recipients, in a specified sequence. Each recipient can approve the request, in which case it is sent to the next on the list, or can reject it, in which case it is returned to the originator. This approval/rejection is password controlled. Routed messages can be tracked by the originator, using the pending tray. Designates and stand-ins (that is a deputy that you can nominate, to whom routed messages should be autoforwarded in his absence) can approve or reject by proxy.
NOTE Routed messages will not be recognized by HP DeskManager systems that have software prior to B.05.00. The effect of this is that routed messages will become blocked along the route, since the receiving system does not apply any more processing to these items than to standard messages. It is important, therefore, that all HP DeskManager systems in a network are upgraded to HP DeskManagerPLUS version B.05.00 before Routing and Authorization is fully implemented. Routed messages sent to Regular HP DeskManager version B.05.00 (that is non-DeskManagerPLUS) can be actioned (so blocking can be avoided), but cannot be originated on those systems.
NOTE Current versions of HP Advancemail and HP NewWave Mail do not provide support for the Routing & Authorization capabilities of HP DeskManagerPLUS.
CONFIGURATION AND ADMINISTRATION The following enhancements have been made to configuration and administration for the DeskManagerPLUS B.05.00 release: High Availability Maintenance/Garbage Collection It is possible to run garbage collection continuously, and fully concurrently with all other HP DeskManagerPLUS processes, thus improving system availability over previous versions of HP DeskManagerPLUS. Two new facilities are provided to achieve this: * WASTE BIN EMPTIER This is intended to run at discreet times, for example at the end of each day, to release users' waste baskets for deletion by the other component, the garbage collector. The effect of the bin emptier is similar to that of the existing maintenance program, in that when users sign on again afterwards, their waste bins would appear empty, however; the contents still exist in the database (until the Garbage collector is run). * GARBAGE COLLECTOR This may be run continuously and fully concurrently with the rest of the system and will physically delete garbage from the database, including emptied waste baskets, releasing space in the ITEM-HEADER, ITEM-STRUCTURE and ITEM-CONTENT datasets. The previous method of operation (MAILMAINT) will still be available with this version of HP DeskManagerPLUS, and will be the default mode of operation. Centralized Administration This release of HP DeskManagerPLUS provides extensions to the *ADMIN server to allow local data (users, routing information, and so on.) to be added, modified and deleted from another (remote) system. It is also possible to configure in batch using MAILUTIL local data that can currently only be accessed through MAILCONFIG. New transactions have been introduced to allow configuration of (for example) local user passwords, capabilities, computer/gateway details, and so on.
NOTE With HP DeskManagerPLUS B.05.00, the batch transaction formats used by MAILUTIL and *ADMIN have been enhanced over those used in version B.03.R0. In particular, the width of transaction records has been extended from 72 to 80 characters. As a result, this causes problems with text editors, such as TDP and EDIT/3000, which keep line numbers in these columns. The solution is to save such files as unnumbered, for example, by using the "k fname,unn" option within TDP and EDIT/3000.
HP DESKMANAGER INTRINSICS B.05.00 HP DeskManager Intrinsics provide a programmatic interface to HP DeskManager's mailing, Diary and directory functions. The intrinsics have been enhanced to integrate correctly with the HP DeskmanagerPLUS B.05.00.
NOTE HP DeskManager Intrinsics is now a component of HP DeskManagerPLUS, and as such, can no longer be purchased separately.
HP DESKMON HP DeskMon provides the Administrator with the ability to monitor several HP DeskManager systems from a central point. This release of HP DeskMon has been produced primarily to ensure that it is consistent with HP DeskManagerPLUS B.05.00.
NOTE HP DeskMon is now a component of HP DeskManagerPLUS, and as such, can no longer be purchased separately.
HP SCHEDULE HP Schedule is a component of HP DeskManagerPLUS that allows users to schedule meetings with other users and book resources such as rooms and cars. This release of HP Schedule has been produced primarily to ensure that it is consistent with HP DeskManagerPLUS B.05.00. HP Schedule is now a component of HP DeskManagerPLUS, and as such, can no longer be purchased separately. DCA CONVERTERS The DCA FFT and RFT converters are included with this release of HP DeskManagerPLUS.
NOTE The DCA FFT and RFT can no longer be purchased separately from the HP DeskManagerPLUS product.