Deleted MSMAIL.INI Creates Embedded WGPO Directory

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11

SYMPTOMS

You may be unable to send or receive mail after you delete the MSMAIL.INI file and re-create a local post office. Also, address books may appear to be empty.

CAUSE

The first time you set up Windows for Workgroups Mail with the "Create a New Post Office" option, Mail creates a workgroup post office (WGPO) directory within the Windows directory and creates the MSMAIL.INI file in the Windows directory.

Deleting the MSMAIL.INI file causes Mail Setup to prompt you to either connect to an existing post office or create a new workgroup post office. If you choose to create a new post office, a WGPO directory is created in <drive>:\<Windows directory>\WGPO.

In Setup, you cannot select the Windows directory as the parent of the WGPO directory, and there is no option to use the previously created post office.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem:

1. Open the MSMAIL.INI file located in the Windows directory with an ASCII text editor, such as Windows Notepad.

2. Change the ServerPath= entry in the [Microsoft Mail] section to indicate the first WGPO directory. For example

   change

   [Microsoft Mail] ServerPath=C:\WINDOWS\WGPO\WGPO\

   to:

   [Microsoft Mail] ServerPath=C:\WINDOWS\WGPO\

3. Delete the C:\WINDOWS\WGPO\WGPO directory.