QUEUE MANAGER FOR AN ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED RELIABILITY AND IMPROVED ADAPTABILITY TO RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS

摘要

A queue manager for controlling the execution ofrequests for the transport of messages from users todestinations. Each request includes a message and anidentification of a destination. The queue managerincludes a queue for storing pending requests and adispatcher task for creating a worker task to executeeach request and provides a method for adapting theexecution of requests to constraints and characteristicsof destinations and communications links.