4 Protocol Examples

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The following is a sample SMTP header from an alert.

 Received: from example.microsoft.com (10.0.0.1) by
 example2.microsoft.com (10.0.0.2) with Microsoft SMTP
 Server id 8.1.240.5; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:06:05 -0800
 Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:05:45 -0800
 To: <john@microsoft.com>
 Message-ID: <3BD50098E401463AA228377848493927-{B9F3612B-19E8-4383-AD27-D5ACD2C2EE6F}@example.microsoft.com>
 X-AlertTitle: =?utf-8?B?V2lraSBQYWdlc2==?=
 X-AlertId: {913D756A-E669-4969-A930-8CD9845926D8}:{D5D996C5-683C-4077-AB40-9F3721E30B9D}
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
 From: =?utf-8?B?T3V0bG9vayBUZWFtIFdpa2lz?= <someserver1@microsoft.com>
 X-AlertWebUrl: =?utf-8?B? aHR0cDovL2V4YW1wbGUvc2FtcGxl==?=
 X-AlertServerType: STS
 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
 Subject: Wiki Pages - Test.aspx
 Reply-To: <mike@example.microsoft.com>
 X-AlertWebSoap: =?utf-8?B? aHR0cDovL2V4YW1wbGUvc2VydmVyL192dGlfYmluL2FsZXJ0cy5hc214==?=
 MIME-Version: 1.0
 X-Mailer: WSS (version 3)
 Return-Path: someserver1@example.microsoft.com
 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Jan 2008 18:05:45.0895 (UTC) FILETIME=[BDF1B370:01C85EB3]

Looking at each header individually:

 Message-ID: <3BD50098E401463AA228377848493927-{B9F3612B-19E8-4383-AD27-D5ACD2C2EE6F}@example.microsoft.com>

The Message-ID header (section 2.2.1) begins with the alert GUID, identifying this message as an alert (1).

 X-AlertTitle: =?utf-8?B?V2lraSBQYWdlc2==?=

The title for the alert (1) is "Wiki Pages".

 X-AlertId: {913D756A-E669-4969-A930-8CD9845926D8}:{D5D996C5-683C-4077-AB40-9F3721E30B9D}

The protocol client does not process this value for any purpose other than passing it as a parameter back to the protocol server as specified in section 2.2.2.

 X-AlertWebUrl: =?utf-8?B? aHR0cDovL2V4YW1wbGUvc2FtcGxl==?=

The URL of the protocol server that generated the alert (1) is "http://example/sample".

 X-AlertServerType: STS

The server type of the originating protocol server is "STS".

 X-AlertWebSoap: =?utf-8?B? aHR0cDovL2V4YW1wbGUvc2VydmVyL192dGlfYmluL2FsZXJ0cy5hc214==?=

The URL of the Web service used by the originating protocol server is "http://example/sample/_vti_bin/alerts.asmx".