The Mailbox Library: 7 Examples of Mailbox Usage

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It may be helpful to go through a step-by-step example of how a message might be sent, illustrating the function of the transport driver, and how much is done for you. The Mailbox library can be used for a great many different applications, so it's hard to describe a "typical" mailbox transaction; but there are certain elements most mailbox transactions have in common.

We present several different examples of how the Mailbox library might be used. Note that in the following discussion, the behavior of the transport driver (which is opaque to an application developer) is discussed. Unless you are writing a transport driver yourself, you will not need to worry about this.


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