PC WRmt: Using Remote Mail Client and WinRules Version 1.0

• Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, versions 3.2

SYMPTOMS

When you use Mail Remote for Windows and Beyond Incorporated WinRules version 1.0, and you exit Mail without sending a composed message, the remote modem session is initiated.

Notes:

• WinRules is a third-party product that can be used to filter the receipt notification messages into specified folders in the mail message file (MMF).
• You will not see a dialog box notifying you of unsent mail.

CAUSE

When you install WinRules version 1.0, the following lines are added to the [Custom Commands] section of the MSMAIL.INI file:

   [Custom Commands]

   winrulesN=3.0;;;;c:\winrules\wrdriver.dll;D;0010000000000000;;;;
   winrulesS=3.0;;;;c:\winrules\wrdriver.dll;0;1000000000000000;;;;
   winrulesT=3.0;;;;c:\winrules\wrdriver.dll;1;0100000000000000;;;;

RESOLUTION

If you comment out the above lines, Mail Remote will function as designed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

When a message is sent from an application that uses Simple Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI), such as Microsoft Word version 2.0 for Windows and WinRules version 1.0 using the WRDRIVER.DLL driver file, and you have Mail Remote for Windows installed but not running, the message is always sent immediately, despite the Mail Remote for Windows connection-scheduling feature.

When the application closes the Simple MAPI session, the spooler begins to shut down. The spooler checks for mail in the Outbox, spools the mail to an intermediate storage location, and begins sending the mail automatically, without prompting for user confirmation.

The Mail Remote driver cannot control the spooler, so when the intermediate storage location is checked for mail, an asynchronous session is started. This is a limitation of MAPI.

For additional information on MAPI, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q100458
   TITLE     : MAPI Ignores Scheduled Connections

   ARTICLE-ID: Q114125
   TITLE     : Simple MAPI Programs Only Send Mail with Remote