XCLN: Running Exchange MS-DOS Client in Monitor Mode

• Microsoft Exchange MS-DOS client, versions 4.0 and 5.0

SUMMARY

When you start the Microsoft Exchange MS-DOS client in Monitor Mode by running Exchange -m, the client will start and then shell out to an MS-DOS command prompt. The Microsoft Exchange MS-DOS client is fully running at this time and can be accessed by pressing Alt+F1.

If a MS-DOS batch file contains Exchange.exe -m, the commands following Exchange in the batch file will not be executed until the Microsoft Exchange client is exited. This behavior is by product design.

To exit from Monitor Mode, follow these steps:

1. Type EXIT at the MS-DOS prompt. This will return you to the Microsoft Exchange client.

   will close the Microsoft Exchange client and then continue to execute
   the batch file.

MORE INFORMATION

If you use the MS-DOS command prompt to run a terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs from within Microsoft Exchange, they can cause unrecoverable errors. If you want to run a TSR program, you should first exit Microsoft Exchange.