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How Transfer Priority and Agent DiscreetMode Settings Work Together

The following table indicates how the transfer priority settings and the agent Discreet Mode settings work together to determine the mode used for sending the transfer and for receiving the transfer:

Initiator_Priority (ipriority),
Responder_Priority (rpriority)

From N to N

From N to Y

From Y to N

From Y to Y

Default, Default

Normal transfer

Discreet receive

Discreet send

Discreet transfer

Default, Discreet

Discreet receive

Discreet receive

Discreet transfer

Discreet transfer

Discreet, Default

Discreet send

Discreet transfer

Discreet send

Discreet transfer

Discreet, Discreet

Discreet transfer

Discreet transfer

Discreet transfer

Discreet transfer

Default, Urgent

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Discreet, Urgent

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Urgent, Default

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Urgent, Discreet

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Urgent, Urgent

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

Normal transfer

The table reveals that a default and an urgent transfer both mean the same type of transfer: a normal transfer. Similarly, a default or urgent send means a normal send, and a default or urgent receive means a normal receive.

For any transfer, any send, or any receive, an urgent setting always overrides a discreet setting and makes it normal, while a discreet setting always overrides a normal setting and makes it discreet.

Note: It is assumed that the initiator is the sending computer and the responder is the receiving computer. However, if the initiator is the responding computer, replace the words “send,” “sending,” and so forth with the words “receive,” “receiving,” and so forth in the text above.