Overview of API Calls

Parallels Pro Control Panel defines a fixed set of email-related tasks that you can perform using the control panel at each level of administration. Each task maps to one or more mail server backend API calls. Parallels Pro Control Panel for Windows 2003 calls the API at appropriate times.

Parallels Pro Control Panel offers two types of API calls to help you integrate your mail server into the existing Parallels Pro Control Panel setup: Mail Server API and Registration API.

• Mail Server API. This is a backend API used by Parallels Pro Control Panel to carry out various actions on the underlying mail server. This API is called whenever you perform any action on the mail server through the Parallels Pro Control Panel.

Registration API. This API is used to register your mail server add-on with Parallels Pro Control Panel. As a part of the registration process, the mail server backend API that you provide gets plugged into Parallels Pro Control Panel.