PC Win: Using Mail Over RASLast reviewed: October 31, 1994Article ID: Q119581 |
The information in this article applies to:
Version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows is supported over a Remote Access Service (RAS), although it will be much slower than if you access mail directly over a network. (Version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows provides faster access.) If you need to use Mail for Windows over RAS, you should compose and read messages offline.
To start Mail offlineTo start Mail offline, double-click the MMF file referred to in the OfflineMessages line of the MSMAIL.INI file (located in the Windows subdirectory). NOTE: With the Microsoft Mail for Windows NT, MSMAIL32.EXE, the command line option will work. However, if you double-click on the MMF in File Manager, the wrong name appears for the Mailbox only after trying to find the postoffice. If you are on the network, this should not take long. If you are using RAS, as this article indicates, this may take several minutes. Another method is to create a second icon for offline Mail by copying the Mail icon and changing the properties to include /f <MMF name>. For example:
c:\msmail\msmail.exe /f myname.mmfYou can compose messages while working offline. Only the Personal Address Book (PAB) will be available while you work offline. To send and receive messages, exit and sign out and then double-click the (online) Mail icon to start Mail.
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