The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
SUMMARY
This article describes how to set up and administer a Microsoft Exchange
workgroup post office. A workgroup post office is used to temporarily store
messages until the intended recipients retrieve them.
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Setting Up a Workgroup Post Office
To set up a Microsoft Exchange workgroup post office, follow these steps:
- In Control Panel, double-click Microsoft Mail Postoffice.
- Click Create A New Workgroup Postoffice, and then click Next.
- Type the path for the post office in the Postoffice Location box, and
then click Next. The post office can be located on your local hard
disk, or on a network drive. It must be placed in a location that can
be accessed by all the users who have accounts on the post office.
NOTE: A folder named Wgpo0000 is created in the location you specify.
Numerous folders are created in the Wgpo0000 folder, all of which must
be present for the post office to function correctly.
- Click Next to confirm the location of the new workgroup post office.
- In the Enter Your Administrator Account Details dialog box, type the
appropriate information about the post office administrator, and then
click OK. Only the Name, Mailbox, and Password fields are required.
NOTE: The Name field represents the name that other Microsoft Exchange
users use to identify the post office administrator. The Mailbox field
represents the name that the workgroup post office uses to identify the
post office administrator. The Mailbox name is normally assigned by the
Microsoft Workgroup Postoffice Admin Wizard automatically, and cannot
contain spaces.
- Click OK in the dialog box that appears.
To allow users who have accounts on the post office to access the post
office, you must share the folder containing the post office. To do so,
follow these steps:
- In Windows Explorer or My Computer, use the right mouse button to
click the folder containing the post office, and then click Properties
on the menu that appears.
- Click the Sharing tab.
- Click Shared As and then verify the name of the post office in the
Share Name box. If you want to add a comment in addition to the share
name, type the comment in the Comment box. The comment is seen by
other users when they view a list of computers on the network.
- To allow all users to access the post office, click Full Access and
then click OK. To restrict access to the post office by requiring a
password, click Depends On Password, type the password in the Full
Access Password box, and then click OK.
Administering a Workgroup Post Office
To administer a Microsoft Exchange workgroup post office, follow these
steps:
- In Control Panel, double-click Microsoft Mail Postoffice.
- Click Administer An Existing Workgroup Postoffice, and then click
Next.
- Type the path for the post office in the Postoffice Location box, and
then click Next.
- Type the mailbox name and password assigned to the post office
administrator during the creation of the workgroup post office in the
Mailbox and Password boxes, and then click Next.
- To add a new user to the workgroup post office, click Add User, type
the appropriate information about the user, and then click OK. Only the
Name, Mailbox, and Password fields are required. To remove a user from
the workgroup post office, click the user's name in the list of users,
and then click Remove User. To modify the information about a user,
click the user's name in the list of users, and then click Details.
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