WEB SERVICES PROCESSING USING MAPI COMPLIANT MAIL APPLICATIONS

摘要

identify that a Web Service message is to be sent across a mail transport; use the MAPI application to generate a mail message; and include the Web Service message and other identifiers within the mail message. The message is then sent to the outgoing mailbox of the MAPI application for subsequent delivery to an endpoint. Upon receiving the mail message, the endpoint can extract the Web Service message and process it accordingly. Other example embodiments also provide for requesting NPDL (Network Protocol Description Language) data structures (e.g., WSDL documents) by a similar process.