PC Ext: External Access Up to 50 NetWare Network Connections

• Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.2, 3.2a, and 3.5

SUMMARY

The External Mail program, included with Mail for PC Networks, can access up to 50 network connections by using the Novell NetWare VLM redirector.

NOTE: In earlier versions, External was limited to 8 network connections with the older IPX - NETX redirector combination.

MORE INFORMATION

The following CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and NET.CFG sample files provide an example configuration for an External workstation:

CONFIG.SYS

DEVICE=c:\dos\himem.sys device=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems SHELL=c:\command.com /e /p:512 BUFFERS=30,0 FILES=50 LASTDRIVE=Z

AUTOEXEC.BAT

@echo off PATH=c:\;c:\dosc:\nwclient cd \nwclient lh lsl lh 3c509 (or other Multi-Link Interface Driver (MLID) network card) lh ipxodi lh vlm login {mta login name} {password} map f:=sys:maildata map g:=server2\sys:maildata map h:=server3\sys:maildata . . . (additional drive mappings as needed) . . . external or a batch file that starts external

NET.CFG

   show dots = on
   file handles = 50

   buffers 8 1586
   Mempool 4096

   port 300
   int 10
   Frame Ethernet_802.3
   Protocol IPX 0 Ethernet_802.3

   First Network Drive = F
   Connections = 50

For more information about the NetWare VLM redirector, please refer to "Inside NetWare 3.12" by Debra Niedermiller-Chaffins and Drew Hetwood published by New Riders Publishing.