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Chapter 13 The Foreign Service Connection The Foreign Service Connection (FSC) exists in HP Desk so that using HP Desk you can communicate with users on other "foreign" electronic mail systems running on machines other than HP 3000s, using standard format files. These files can be interpreted by fairly straightforward application programs. It also allows customer applications to use the flexible HP Desk transport system to send messages around a network of HP 3000s. This is accomplished by delivering the message to an MPE file instead of using the usual DS or NS connections to send it to another system. The message is output with a specially formatted header, known as an ARPA header, which is a standard interchange format recognized by most electronic mail packages. The application then accesses this file and processes the messages, thus allowing processing by the "foreign system" when it arrives. In this context, an application could be an HP 3000 application or a connection to a foreign mailing system. FSC can also be used in conjunction with any application which needs to pass information to or from users all over the HP Desk network. Using this feature, HP 3000s can even be used as satellite systems that communicate to mainframes, with HP Desk providing a method of using the mainframe to pass data between several HP 3000s connected to it. Data transmission between the HP 3000 and the mainframe can be performed using RJE, MRJE or a datacomm application. Thus FSC is used to pass information: * To an application from users all over the HP Desk network. * From an application to users all over the HP Desk network. * From one application to another via HP Desk. As well as the information contained in this manual there is an introduction to how FSC works, and information on configuration in HP DeskManager Administration.