Channels Introduction

Channels take care of communication: file I/O, ftp, email, etc. A channel is either incoming or outgoing.
Examples of channels:

• receive email from a pop3-mailbox
• send to a ftp-server
• pick up in-house invoices from a directory on your computer
• put orders in a file queue for import in your application.

Example of communication channels for bots:

Notes on naming conventions:

• incoming = incoming to bots
• outgoing = going out bots
• inbound = my organization receives
• outbound = going out of my organization

Note: Bots does client communicates (no server). If you need a communication server (eg for ftp, as2), use a separate server.