PC Win: Mail for Windows MSSFS.DLL 3.2.0.4084 Update

• Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0b, 3.2, and 3.2a

SUMMARY

Microsoft provides a replacement for the MSSFS.DLL file that is included with versions 3.0b and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows. The replacement file provides additional enhancements to the original MSSFS.DLL file.

For complete information about obtaining and installing the MSSFS.DLL file, see the following sections:

• To download the updated file
• To replace your MSSFS.DLL file

MORE INFORMATION

This replacement file resolves the following problems that can occur when you use version 3.0b of Microsoft Mail for Windows:

• When you send mail to an external postoffice group or gateway group that contains extended characters in the address, Mail for Windows does not convert from code page 850 to the ANSI code page when it reads the records from the NETPO.GLB file or any other gateway address file.
• External postoffices, SNADS DGNs, and nodes for PROFS and OfficeVision are not displayed in alphabetic order because Mail for Windows reads them in one at a time and adds them to the hierarchy. With the updated version of MSSFS.DLL, Mail for Windows reads them in all at once, sorts them, and adds them to the hierarchy.
• An "Unknown user" error may occur when you send a message. Mail for Windows caches only the first 8170 bytes of the NETWORK.GLB file and loses the rest. Postoffices and gateways that are defined past 8170 bytes are ignored; therefore, you cannot send messages to the users on those postoffices or gateways.
• The simple MAPI command MAPILogon() does a case-sensitive match on the user name and password; however, Microsoft Mail is not case sensitive. This problem occurs only if a MAPI session was already established when MAPILogon() is called.
• Incorrect message dates are displayed. When parsing old A.M./P.M. style dates (generated from some gateways), Mail for Windows adds 12 to the time if it is P.M. However, if the message was sent during the noon hour, the time is incorrectly read as 24:xx. Because this is an invalid time, the date is set to the programmer's birthday (12/16/68).
• Mail for Windows may cause a general protection (GP) fault when it encounters a corrupt .XTN file in the database. It does not properly handle .XTN files that are an incorrect size.

• Mail for Windows cannot view templates of SNADS or PROFS users when GALONLY=1 is set in the MSMAIL.INI file.
• When you read a custom message from a shared folder, the wrong date is displayed.
• In version 3.0b of Mail for Windows, the time stamp associated with resolved addresses is not saved correctly: if the Global Address List (GAL) was built twice in the same day, any mail addressed but not sent before the second rebuild could be misdirected. This problem was partially corrected in version 3.2 of Mail for Windows: the time stamp is saved correctly, thus reducing the time frame in which this problem could occur from one day to one clock hour. However, mail may still be misdirected at sites where GAL rebuilds are made within the same clock hour.
• All users running Windows from a shared installation point must use the same postoffice when they use Advanced Security. This problem occurs because the MAIL.DAT file is saved to the Windows SYSTEM subdirectory, which is shared among all users running Windows from the same location. The client now checks both the WINDOWS (user's local directory) and WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories, in that order, for the MAIL.DAT file.

  NOTE: To resolve this problem when you are installing Mail for Windows, two files must be updated: the MSSFS.DLL file (included with this update) and the SETUP.EXE file (update included in SETUPD.EXE on the MSL).

• Duplicate addresses are added to the Personal Address Book (PAB).

  NOTE: To resolve this problem, two .DLL files must be updated: the MSSFS.DLL file (included with this update) and the PABNSP.DLL file (update included in PABNSP.EXE on the MSL).

• If users are running Mail for Windows from a shared installation point and the NETBIOS=1 flag is set in the MSMAIL.INI file, Mail checks the size, date, and time of the MSMAIL.INI file every 5 seconds. Because the .INI file is on the network, frames are sent to the server to check the size of the file every 5 seconds, thus increasing traffic on the network. These checks no longer occur with this update.
• When an urgent message is sent to an external user with NetBIOS notification in use, Mail for Windows does not send a NetBIOS datagram to the External Mail program. This process does work correctly when an urgent message is sent to a local user. When sending urgent messages, Mail for Windows now sends notifications to the External Mail program when NetBIOS notification is in use.
• MACBinary II attachments are not recognized when originating from external Mail Systems.
• When sending mail such that the number of recipients is greater than 200 (exact number depends on the specific address list), the body of the message will be missing.
• When Add Recipients to Personal Address Book is selected, the GAL.NME file is locked open each time a global address list (GAL)

      name is added to a compose note.
  

• In certain situations, viewing details of an external name from a group results in the error message:

        A GLB file on your server is corrupt.
  

• If a message has more than 22 recipients selected from the GAL and that message is stored in a shared folder, the message appears to be corrupted. Attempting to open the message from the shared folder results in the error:

        Mail system error, Mail could not read the entire message from
        the Post Office. Some parts of the message may be missing.
        Ask the sender to resend the message.
  

• Under certain conditions, a general protection (GP) fault can occur in MSSFS.DLL when the MAPILogon() function is used to begin a session with the messaging system.
• The Check Names function fails to properly resolve partial friendly names and returns several selections when a unique resolution is possible. This behavior is most obvious when the GAL is selected as the default address list and the first and last name of the intended recipient begin with the same letter.

  NOTE: To resolve this problem, two .DLL files must be updated: the MSSFS.DLL file (this update) and the MAILMGR.DLL file (update included in MAILMGR.EXE on the MSL).

• The Windows client stops responding when it receives a message with an invalid time; that is, a time greater than 23 hours.
• Templates that were created with extended characters will lose their extended characters when they are exported to other postoffices.
• The Windows client cannot display a template field of zero length. These are display fields only and cannot be modified.
• Custom forms that did not include their own textize maps could not use the provided default print/save functionality.

  NOTE: To fix this problem, MAPI.DLL version 3.2.4081 (available as MAPIUPD.EXE on the MSL) MUST be used with this MSSFS.DLL.

• When you have more than one friendly name for the same PROFS userid, and you attempt to get details from the GAL in the Windows client, incorrect information is displayed.
• When you add multiple users from the GAL with the same friendly name to the PAB or to Personal Groups, only the first entry gets added. No errors are reported.

To download the updated file

You can find MSSFS.EXE (size: 154730 bytes) 
                      , a self-extracting file, on the following

• 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 MSSFS.EXE (size: 154730 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 MSSFS.EXE (size: 154730 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 MSSFS.EXE.
  

• Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

        Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
        Download MSSFS.EXE (size: 154730 bytes) 
  

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
               Services

   MSSFS.DLL (266,848 bytes, dated 04-04-95, 9:54 P.M.)
   README.TXT

To replace your MSSFS.DLL file

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

         copy mssfs.dll <destination>
   

   where <destination> is the drive and directory where your MSSFS.DLL file currently resides. For example, if MSSFS.DLL is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C and you ran the self-extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, type the following command:

         copy d:\test\mssfs.dll c:\mailexe
   

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

         copy <mailexe>\setup.inf <mailexe>\setupinf.old
   

   where <mailexe> is the complete path to the directory containing the Microsoft Mail for Windows SETUP.EXE program. For example, if SETUP.EXE is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, type the following command:

         copy c:\mailexe\setup.inf c:\mailexe\setupinf.old
   

3. Using any text editor, edit the SETUP.INF file. In the [MSMAIL] section, replace the following line

         1, mssfs.dll,,,, 1994-11-18, !DECOMPRESS,, OLDER, !READONLY,,,,,
         SHARED, 266752,,,, 3.2.0.4079,
   

   with:

         1, mssfs.dll,,,, 1995-04-04, !DECOMPRESS,, OLDER, !READONLY,,,,,
         SHARED, 266848,,,, 3.2.0.4084,
   

   Save the file and close the text editor.

   NOTE: For these changes to affect the entire network, each existing user must run Setup again.