PC Rmt: Mail Remote for MS-DOS MAIL.EXE 3.0.2 Update

Last reviewed: May 31, 1996
Article ID: Q94748

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Remote for MS-DOS, versions 2.1 and 3.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft provides a replacement for the MAIL.EXE that is included with versions 2.1 and 3.0 of Microsoft Mail Remote for MS-DOS.

For complete information about obtaining and installing the MAIL.EXE file, see the following sections:

To download the updated file
To update your MAIL.EXE file

MORE INFORMATION

This update contains MAIL.EXE, a replacement for the MAIL.EXE file that is included with versions 2.1 and 3.0 of Microsoft Mail Remote for MS-DOS. This update provides the following functionality:

It adds the ability to save attachments sent from the Microsoft Mail Connection gateway and the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, Macintosh workstation.
It corrects a problem with the X.400 gateway where the message body is forced into a T.61 attachment instead of an IA5 attachment. When the remote client sends mail to X.400 recipients that cannot accept T.61 attachments, the entire message is rejected.
It correctly displays FFAPI network/postoffice entities defined on the remote user's home postoffice that have a Service Type = 100.

To download the updated file

You can find RMTUPD.EXE (size: 114409 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 RMTUPD.EXE (size: 114409 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 RMTUPD.EXE (size: 114409 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 RMTUPD.EXE.

Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

      Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download RMTUPD.EXE (size: 114409 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 RMTUPD.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing "rmtupd" at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file. You should receive the following files:

   MAIL.EXE  (221,089 bytes, dated 02-15-93,  3:00 P.M.)
   README.TXT

To update your MAIL.EXE file

At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER

   copy <drive:>\mail.exe <destination>

where <path> is the drive and directory where you ran the self- extracting RMTUPD.EXE file and <destination> is the drive and directory where your Mail Remote MAIL.EXE file currently resides. For example, if you ran the self-extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, and your MAIL.EXE file is located in the MSREMOTE directory on drive C, type the following commands:

   copy d:\test\mail.exe c:\msremote

Additional reference words: 3.00b wga mac Macintosh
KBCategory: kbinterop kb3rdparty kbfile
KBSubCategory: MailPCRmt

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Last reviewed: May 31, 1996
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