FAX: Changes Made to the Mail Database During Installation

 Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q85349
3.00 MS-DOS kb3rdparty

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail Gateway to FAX, version 3.0

During installation of the gateway component of the Microsoft Mail Gateway to Fax, these changes are made to the Microsoft Mail database:

  • An entry for the fax gateway is created in the NETWORK.GLB file.
  • A mailbag file is created for the gateway, in the MBG directory.
  • A fax subdirectory is created under the mail data directory.
  • The following files are copied to the executables directory: 

          FAXGTW.EXE
      MAKEDCX.EXE
      TIF2DCX.EXE
      PROFILE.EXE
  • The following files are copied to the TPL directory: 

          FAXCOV.TPL
      FAXATT.TPL
  • The following files are copied to the FAX directory: 

          FAXLOGO.PCX
      RRS.FAX
  • The PROFILE.GLB file is copied is copied to the GLB directory.

During installation of the access component of the Microsoft Mail Gateway to Fax, the following changes are made to the Microsoft Mail database:
  • The MASTER.GLB and NETWORK.GLB files are verified.
  • FAX.GLB is created in the GLB directory.
  • FAX.NME is created in the NME directory
  • FAX.TPL and FAXSTD.TPL are copied to the TPL directory.
  • FAX.HLP is copied to the HLP directory.

In Microsoft Mail version 2.1a, there is no PROFILE.EXE file.

Additional reference words: 3.00 data 2.1a pcmail
KBCategory: kb3rdparty
KBSubcategory: MailGWFax

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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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