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Conversation States

Conversations are managed by transition through a number of states. The state of a conversation is reflected in the &ZAPPCSTA system variable, and can be one of the following:

• RESET
• SEND
• RECEIVE
• DEFER_RECEIVE
• DEFER_DEALLOCATE
• CONFIRM
• CONFIRM_SEND
• CONFIRM_DEALLOCATE
• DEALLOCATE