ChannelsIntroduction
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.