PC WRmt: Summary List of Mail Remote for Windows 3.2 Bugs

• Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, version 3.2

The following is a list of bugs confirmed in version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows. This is not a comprehensive list; this list is current as of January 1, 1994.

For more information on the bug listed, query in the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the article ID or the bug number.

BUG LISTING FOR VERSION 3.2

• Keyboard Problems in Select Headers Dialog Box
• Null Modem Script Displays Phone Number
• Unsendable Messages Counted Wrong
• Setup May Fail If Program Manager Not Running
• Incorrect Sorting by Subject
• MAPI Ignores Scheduled Connections
• Err Msg: Mail Remote Driver Not Compatible...
• Cannot Create New .MMF If Old Location Unavailable
• Problems with Extended Characters

Keyboard Problems in Select Headers Dialog Box

In version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, interacting with the headers dialog box without a mouse can be awkward. For remote users, this can occur frequently.

Null Modem Script Displays Phone Number

When using version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows and connecting with a null Modem script, the Connection dialog shows Dialing and then displays a phone number.

This is confusing and misleading, because no phone number is dialed while using a null modem connection.

Unsendable Messages Counted Wrong

If there are unsendable messages waiting in the Outbox for version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, when you choose Connect Now from the View menu, the messages are counted as messages waiting to be sent, even though they are not waiting to be sent.

Setup May Fail If Program Manager Not Running

If the Microsoft Windows Program Manager is not running when you start the Setup program for version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, the Setup program attempts to build the Program Manager group but cannot. The following error message is generated:

   Cannot establish DDE link to Program Manager - Retry/Cancel.

Mail Remote for Windows does run correctly after installation.

Incorrect Sorting by Subject

When sorting messages by Subject (using the View menu) in version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, the RE: and FW: header prefixes are not ignored, as they are by Microsoft Mail for Windows. This causes all replies and forwards to be sorted together.

The sort should ignore the RE: and FW: prefixes so that messages are truly sorted by subject.

MAPI Ignores Scheduled Connections

When a message is sent from an application that uses Simple MAPI (such as Microsoft Word version 2.0 for Windows), and you have version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows installed but not running, the message is always sent immediately, despite the Mail Remote for Windows connection-scheduling feature that tells Mail to wait until the scheduled time.

Err Msg: Mail Remote Driver Not Compatible...

In version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, with the option "Connect on Exit of Mail" selected, the following incorrect error message may appear if you do not have mail to send in your Outbox when exiting:

   This Microsoft Mail Remote driver is not compatible with your
   messaging system.

If you have mail waiting in your Outbox, this error message does not appear.

This problem is also documented in the README.TXT file under section 2J. The README.TXT file is located on Disk 1.

Cannot Create New .MMF If Old Location Unavailable

Version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows may return the following error message

   Your message file could not be found

   Open Message File

Problems with Extended Characters

With version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, if you include extended characters in a message and you save the message as a text file, the extended characters are translated to incorrect byte values.