The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Mail for Windows, version 3.2a
SUMMARY
Microsoft provides a SETUP.INF file to be used when you update the
Microsoft Mail for Windows client to version 3.2a on workstations running
Windows for Workgroups version 3.11.
For complete information about obtaining and installing the SETUP.INF file,
see the "To update your SETUP.INF file" section below.
MORE INFORMATION
This update resolves the following problem:
- The Mail files that are installed by Windows for Workgroups version 3.11
have a higher version number than some of the files provided with
version 3.2a of Mail for Windows. The SETUP.INF file included with Mail
for Windows does not enable the SETUP.EXE program to replace all of the
Windows for Workgroups Mail files with the Mail for Windows files.
Before You Update Windows for Workgroups Clients: Important Information
- If users' Mail message files (MMFs) were created with the Windows for
Workgroups Mail client and the DoubleSpace option for Optimizing Local
Mail Files was activated in the Mail Options dialog box, each user must
change this setting to Highest Security before upgrading to the version
3.2a Mail for Windows client. The Mail for Windows client does not
support DoubleSpace compressed MMFs.
- The Windows for Workgroups Password Caching feature is not supported in
the Mail for Windows client. Each user must know his or her Mail
password before upgrading his or her Mail for Windows client. If a user
does not know or remember his or her password, use the Mail
Administrator program (ADMIN.EXE) provided with version 3.2a of
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks to reset the password for that user.
- Before you perform the upgrade, run Windows Setup, and choose Options,
Add/Remove Windows Components, Accessories, to remove the Mail and Mail
Help files from each workstation. This will ensure a cleaner upgrade.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Mail 3.2 does not support At Work Fax functionality. This
option will no longer be available to clients once they upgrade to version
3.2a.
To download the updated file
You can find WSETUP.EXE (size: 19373 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 WSETUP.EXE (size: 19373 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 WSETUP.EXE (size: 19373 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 WSETUP.EXE.
- Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)
Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
Download WSETUP.EXE (size: 19373 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 WSETUP.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing
"wsetup" at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file.
You should receive the following files:
SETUP.INF (6,940 bytes, dated 10-18-94, 7:43 P.M.)
README.TXT
To update your SETUP.INF file
NOTE: Before you install this SETUP.INF file, you should run the SETUP.EXE
program provided with version 3.2a of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks to
install or update the postoffice data files, server programs, and client
programs. If you are currently using a Windows for Workgroups postoffice,
you should use version 3.2a of the Postoffice Upgrade for Microsoft Windows
for Workgroups to upgrade the Windows for Workgroups postoffice data files,
server programs, and client programs before you install this SETUP.INF
file.
- Connect to the shared directory on the server where the client program
files were installed by the version 3.2a Mail for PC Networks SETUP.EXE
program.
- Rename the existing SETUP.INF file in this shared directory to
SETUPINF.OLD.
- At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER:
copy <path>:\setup.inf <destination>
where <path> is the drive and directory where you ran the self-
extracting WSETUP.EXE file and <destination> is the drive and
directory where the client program files were installed by the Mail for
PC Networks SETUP.EXE program. For example, if you ran the self-
extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, and the SETUPINF.OLD
file is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, type the following
command:
copy d:\test\setup.inf c:\mailexe
- Have each user connect to the network drive and directory containing the
client program files and run SETUP.EXE. This will update the user s
workstation to version 3.2a of Microsoft Mail for Windows.
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