+/** \ingroup msg_mailbox_management
+ * \brief Get a task from a mailbox on a given host
+ *
+ * \param mailbox The mailbox where the task was sent
+ * \param task a memory location for storing a #msg_task_t.
+ * \param host a #msg_host_t host from where the task was sent
+ * \param timeout a timeout
+
+ * \return Returns
+ * #MSG_OK if the task was successfully received,
+ * #MSG_HOST_FAILURE, or #MSG_TRANSFER_FAILURE otherwise.
+ */
+msg_error_t
+MSG_mailbox_get_task_ext(msg_mailbox_t mailbox, msg_task_t *task,
+ msg_host_t host, double timeout)
+{
+ return MSG_mailbox_get_task_ext_bounded(mailbox, task, host, timeout, -1.0);
+}
+
+/** \ingroup msg_mailbox_management
+ * \brief Get a task from a mailbox on a given host at a given rate
+ *
+ * \param mailbox The mailbox where the task was sent
+ * \param task a memory location for storing a #msg_task_t.
+ * \param host a #msg_host_t host from where the task was sent
+ * \param timeout a timeout
+ * \param rate a rate
+
+ * \return Returns
+ * #MSG_OK if the task was successfully received,
+ * #MSG_HOST_FAILURE, or #MSG_TRANSFER_FAILURE otherwise.
+ */
+msg_error_t
+MSG_mailbox_get_task_ext_bounded(msg_mailbox_t mailbox, msg_task_t * task,
+ msg_host_t host, double timeout, double rate)