Appendix B. X-TMS-SMTP profile

B.1. Introduction

55. The following table defines military header fields to be used for SMTP messages that are gatewayed across military mail environment boundaries.

56. It specifies “X-messages” based upon RFC 2821, section “3.8.1 Header Field in Gatewaying”. The profile specifies for each header field the name and possible values of the body.

57. The abbreviation TMS means Tactical Messaging System. The first column indicates an indication of the message property that will actually be represented by a X-TMS-SMTP field. The second and third columns specify the field names and the allowed values of the field bodies. All SMTP field values must be in uppercase

Table B.1. X-TMS-SMTP Profile
TMS message property Field name Field body
Subject Subject The Subject is a normal message property, no additional mapping is required.
Handling Name X-TMS-HANDLING Handling Name(s):
  • NO HANDLING

  • EYES ONLY

Classification Group + Detail X-TMS-CLASSIFICATION The field value will be the combination of Classification Group Displayname + Classification Detail in uppercase.

Example: NATO SECRET

TMSStatus X-TMS-STATUS
  • NEW MESSAGE

  • UNTREATED

  • IN PROCESS

  • HANDLED

Mission X-TMS-MISSIONTYPE Type of the mission. Typical values:
  • OPERATION

  • EXERCISE

  • PROJECT

  X-TMS-MISSIONTITLE Name of the Mission
  X-TMS-MISSIONDETAILS Details of the mission. Typical values:
  • UMPIRE

  • DISTAFF

  • CONTROL

  • NO MISSION DETAILS (default)

Note: This field is only used when the Mission type is set to EXERCISE.

Play X-TMS-PLAY This field contains either:

PLAY or NO PLAY

Note: This field is only used when the Mission type is set to EXERCISE.

UserDTG X-TMS-USERDTG The UserDTG element contains the DTG-formatted value entered by the user on the TMS Client or automatically set by the system (TMS).
Destinations TO: (message data) This is the complete list of action destinations, the SMTP session RCPT TO will dictate for which recipients the system must deliver the message to.

Syntax according to RFC 2822.

  CC: (message data) This is the complete list of info destinations, the SMTP session RCPT TO will dictate for which recipients the system must deliver the message to.

Syntax according to RFC 2822.

SICs X-TMS-SICS List of SIC elements (separated by semicolon) selected by the user as applicable to the current message.
Precedences X-TMS-ACTIONPRECEDENCE Possible values:
  • FLASH

  • PRIORITY

  • IMMEDIATE

  • ROUTINE

  X-TMS-INFOPRECEDENCE Possible values:
  • FLASH

  • PRIORITY

  • IMMEDIATE

  • ROUTINE

Related MessageID X-TMS-RELATEDMESSAGEID Used to relate TMS-, SMTP- and DSN messages