| DESCRIPTION | This option allows the recording of a queue of messages onto sequentialmedia. The messages so recorded may be 'read' into another MailMan system.The option 'Sequential Media Message Reception' is the converse process. This option has been developed specifically for emergency transmission ofmessages when the wide area network is not available. It can also be usedfor archiving. Say a bulldozer knocked out your T1 line to the WAN in front of yourcomputer room. It will be three weeks until the system is reconnected tothe network. You know that a sister installation 10 miles down the road isstill on line. You must get your payroll information to Austin. Themessages are ready to be sent (in the queue to FOC-AUSTIN.DOMAIN.EXT). Quick!Mount a tape. Use this procedure to 'transmit' the queue onto the tape.Have the tape delivered to your sister site (keeping it away from allmagnetic fields -- those messages are no longer in the queue). At yoursister site the tape is delivered. They mount it and read in the messages.The messages are queued up for FOC-AUSTIN.DOMAIN.EXT and delivered as thoughthey were 'relayed' through this site. You could also have sent the tapedirectly to FOC-AUSTIN.DOMAIN.EXT where they could have been received. |