XCLN: Send Mail Option in NT File Manager Won't Work

ID: Q149314

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you choose the Send Mail item from the Mail menu under the Microsoft Windows NT File Manger, you may receive the following error:

Mail could not connect to your Mail server.
The configuration for the Mail server path is missing or invalid.

STATUS

The File Manager's Send Mail option is not supported by Microsoft Exchange 4.0. This is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

On a Windows NT machine that has never had a MSMail 3.x client installed, the Microsoft Exchange Client Setup doesn't add a Send Mail option to File Manager.

On a Windows NT machine that has previously had a MSMail 3.x client installed, the Send Mail option will already exist. If it is run, it will attempt to start and sign into a MSMail 3.x server.

RESOLUTION

To remove the Send Mail menu item, remove the following entry from the registry:


  HKey_LocalMachine_LocalMachine
   Software
    Microsoft
     WinNT
      CurrentVer
       Filemanager
        AddOns
         Mail File Manager Extension:
          REG_SZ:SendFl32.dll

Next, log off and then back into Windows NT for the change to take effect.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage XCLN
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :