The details of configuring transports to hand messages over to PMDF vary greatly from transport to transport, and it is not possible to provide much in the way of a general overview; specifics will be described in subsequent chapters discussing specific sorts of PMDF channels.

One item in particular can be pointed out, however, and that is that the PMDF Dispatcher, described in Chapter 11, controls the operation of PMDF server processes, such as the PMDF SMTP server (one of the most important PMDF components at a typical site).