PROFS: VMGATE.EXE Version 3.40.0042 Update

ID: Q131957

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Gateway to IBM PROFS and OfficeVision, version 3.4a

SUMMARY

Microsoft provides a replacement for the VMGATE.EXE file that is included with version 3.4a of Microsoft Mail Gateway to IBM PROFS and OfficeVision.

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

To download the updated files

To update your VMGATE.EXE file

MORE INFORMATION

This update corrects the following problem:

The following errors occur in the VMGATE log:

[15:24] - ERROR: scanning data fields in: L:MAI\MAC\0001594C.MAI

[15:24] - ...will try again at NEXT time, processing continues

[15:26] - ERROR: scanning data fields in: L:MAI\MAC\0001594C.MAI [15:26] - ...will try again at NEXT time, processing continues

[15:28] - ERROR: scanning data fields in: L:MAI\MAC\0001594C.MAI [15:28] - ...SYSTEM.LOG entry written, diagnostic sent to:

After the .MAI file fails for the third time, the mail is returned to the sender and the following message is logged in the system log:
```
      System log entry on: 12-15-94 15:28
      VMGATE program has detected a mail problem
      Message data:
         From: IES/TOWER/SZHJZG
         Date: 12-15-94
         Time: 15:29
         Subject: MMIS year end processing issues
      Mail retry count exceeded sending to: VMGATE 
```

To download the updated files

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

Vmga.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 VMGA.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing vmga at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file. You should receive the following files:

NOVELL.EXE (284,338 bytes, dated 03-07-95, 4:45 P.M.)
DCA_CUT.EXE (289,218 bytes, dated 03-07-95, 4:44 P.M.)
DCA_DFT.EXE (306,690 bytes, dated 03-07-95, 4:43 P.M.)
IBM_HIGH.EXE (290,114 bytes, dated 03-07-95, 4:42 P.M.)
README.TXT

To update your VMGATE.EXE file

Decide which executable file matches your configuration:

Executable file 3270 emulation card supported

NOVELL.EXE Novell NetWare 3270
DCA_CUT.EXE DCA CUT-mode
DCA_DFT.EXE DCA Non-CUT (DFT) mode
IBM_HIGH.EXE IBM High Level

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

copy <path>:\VMGA.exe <destination>\vmgate.exe

where <path> is the drive and directory where you ran the self extracting

VMGA.EXE file, <destination> is the drive and directory where your VMGATE.EXE file currently resides, and VMGA is the corresponding executable file for your software vendor. For example, if you ran the self extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, your VMGATE.EXE file is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, and you are using IBM High Level, type the following command and press ENTER:

copy d:\test\IBM_HIGH.EXE c:\mailexe\vmgate.exe

Additional query words: 3.40a

Keywords : MailGWPROFS
Version : :3.4a
Platform : MS-DOS
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