PC DOS: MS-DOS Client MAIL.EXE 3.0.2 Update

ID: Q116115

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.0, 3.2
on the following platforms: MS-DOS

SUMMARY

Microsoft provides a replacement for the MAIL.EXE file that is included with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks.

For complete information about obtaining and installing the MAIL.EXE file, see the following sections:

To download the updated file

To update your MAIL.EXE file

MORE INFORMATION

This update contains MAIL.EXE, a replacement for the MAIL.EXE file that is included with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. This update includes a modification to correct the following problem:

With version 3.0 of the MS-DOS client, when you read certain messages that contain color highlights, the message may exhibit a host of problems ranging from benign (characters changing color) to severe (user's system locking up).

To download the updated file

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Dosmail.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

After you download DOSMAIL.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing dosmail at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file. You should receive the following files:

MAIL.EXE (267,169 bytes, dated 04-25-94, 4:09 P.M.)
README.TXT

To update your MAIL.EXE file

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

copy <path>:\mail.exe <destination>

where <path> is the drive and directory where you ran the self- extracting DOSMAIL.EXE file and <destination> is the drive and directory where your MAIL.EXE file currently resides.

For example, if you ran the self-extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, and your <filename> file is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, type the following command:

copy d:\test\mail.exe c:\mailexe

NOTE: The MAIL.EXE file typically resides on the postoffice server in the Mail executables directory as well as on the machine importing addresses into the database. Make sure you update all copies of the MAIL.EXE file.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.20 wga

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.2
Platform : WINDOWS
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