The parameters used by the Microsoft Mail application provided with Windows NT appear under this subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Mail
This key includes the following subkeys:
Subkey | Purpose |
Address Book | Specifies entries used by the Address Book support functions for the Mail program. |
Custom Commands | Specifies a custom command that can be installed into one of the Mail menus at run-time. |
Custom Messages | Specifies a custom message type that is installed into a Mail menu at run-time. |
Custom Menus | Specifies a custom menu name to be added to the Mail menu bar. |
Microsoft Mail | Defines the configuration of the Mail program, and the Microsoft Mail transport and name service. |
MMF | Affects the automatic compression of the Mail message file. |
Mac File Types | Defines the mapping from Macintosh file type and creator tags to eight-plus-three character filename extensions. |
MS Proofing Tools | Defines settings for the speller. |
Providers | Defines settings that service providers use with Microsoft Mail front-end programs. |
Many of the entries in these subkeys have default values and won't be present in the Mail subkeys. To change the appearance and behavior of the Mail application, use the Mail menu commands instead of editing the Mail entries directly. Some of the options that you specify in the Mail application are stored in your mail message file (.MMF) instead of the Mail Registry entries.
These keys are created in HKEY_CURRENT_USER when you first run Mail. If your system previously contained a Windows for MS-DOS version of MSMAIL.INI, its contents are migrated to the Registry when you first run Mail under Windows NT.