PC Rmt: Troubleshooting Options for the Command Line

 Last reviewed: January 12, 1996
Article ID: Q142289
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Mail Remote for MS-DOS, version 3.0

SUMMARY

In order to troubleshoot issues with Mail Remote for MS-DOS, you can use additional options from the command line when you execute the Mail program (MAIL.EXE). By default, the Mail program is located in the \RMAIL directory.

MORE INFORMATION

The following command line options can be used for additional troubleshooting information: 

Option                    Description


-L<path\filename>         Logging. This creates a text file in the
                          path specified.

-Q1                       Additional logging information for message
                          transfer.

-Q2                       Additional logging information for
                          asynchronous or modem transfer.

-Q3                       Additional logging information for message
                          envelopes.

-Q4                       Additional logging for memory usage.

-V                        Verbose. Adds additional logging information.
NOTE: The -Q options can be used in sequence. For example, 

   mail -lrmail.log -q1234 -v
NOTE: In this command line, the log file invoked with the -L switch, RMAIL.LOG, will be located in the directory that the program MAIL.EXE is located.

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q116434
   TITLE     : EXTERNAL.INI Equivalents to -Qx Command-Line Options

Additional reference words: 3.00 debug debugging
KBCategory: kbenv kbtshoot
KBSubcategory: MailPCRmt

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Last reviewed: January 12, 1996
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