PC DOS: MS-DOS Client MAIL.EXE 3.0.2 Update

Last reviewed: June 4, 1996
Article ID: Q116115

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, MS-DOS workstation, versions 3.0 and 3.2

SUMMARY

Microsoft provides a replacement for the MAIL.EXE file that is included with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks.

For complete information about obtaining and installing the MAIL.EXE file, see the following sections:

To download the updated file
To update your MAIL.EXE file

MORE INFORMATION

This update contains MAIL.EXE, a replacement for the MAIL.EXE file that is included with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. This update includes a modification to correct the following problem:

With version 3.0 of the MS-DOS client, when you read certain messages that contain color highlights, the message may exhibit a host of problems ranging from benign (characters changing color) to severe (user's system locking up).

To download the updated file

You can find DOSMAIL.EXE (size: 143697 bytes) 
                        , a self-extracting file, on the following

services:

Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet

      On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.
      Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.
      Enter kbfile DOSMAIL.EXE (size: 143697 bytes) 
                              , and click GO!
      Open the article, and click the button to download the file.

Internet (anonymous FTP)

      ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
      Get DOSMAIL.EXE (size: 143697 bytes)

The Microsoft Network

      On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location.
      Type "mssupport" (without the quotation marks).
      Double-click the MS Software Library icon.
      Find the appropriate product area.
      Locate and Download DOSMAIL.EXE.

Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

      Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download DOSMAIL.EXE (size: 143697 bytes)

For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
               Services

After you download DOSMAIL.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing "dosmail" at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file. You should receive the following files:

   MAIL.EXE (267,169 bytes, dated 04-25-94, 4:09 P.M.)
   README.TXT

To update your MAIL.EXE file

At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER

   copy <path>:\mail.exe <destination>

where <path> is the drive and directory where you ran the self- extracting DOSMAIL.EXE file and <destination> is the drive and directory where your MAIL.EXE file currently resides. For example, if you ran the self-extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, and your <filename> file is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, type the following command:

   copy d:\test\mail.exe c:\mailexe

NOTE: The MAIL.EXE file typically resides on the postoffice server in the Mail executables directory as well as on the machine importing addresses into the database. Make sure you update all copies of the MAIL.EXE file.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.20 wga
KBCategory: kbusage kbfile
KBSubCategory: MailPCDOS

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Last reviewed: June 4, 1996
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