PC NTMMTA: How to Start Services from the Command Line

ID: Q140279

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT, version 3.5

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Windows NT Multitasking MTA (NT MMTA) can be stopped and started from the command prompt. You can put the commands in a command (.CMD) file for convenience.

MORE INFORMATION

Because the NT MMTA can be configured as a Windows NT Service, it can also be stopped and started from the command line. The following examples will explain how to stop and start the NT MMTA services.

Steps to Start

Create a service with the Microsoft Mail Service Manager.

Open the Control Panel, and select Services. Look up the name of the instance to be started. For example, the name of the service can be "MS Mail External - (instance1)."

Open a command prompt window.

Type the following command at the command prompt:
Net Start "MS Mail External - (instance1)"

Open the Control Panel, and select Services. Verify that the service is started.

Open Microsoft Mail Service Manager and monitor the service to see that it is working properly.

Steps to Stop

Open the Control Panel, and select Services. Look up the name of the instance that will be stopped. For example, the name of the service is "MS Mail External - (instance1)."

Open a command prompt window.

Type the following command at the command prompt:
Net Stop "MS Mail External - (instance1)"

Open the Control Panel, and select Services. Verify that the service is stopped.

If you have multiple services to be stopped and started, a command file could be created with the above commands. This makes it convenient to stop and start multiple services. Both the Mail External and Dispatch programs work with this method. The following command files are examples that could be used to start and stop multiple services:


   START.CMD

   net start "ms mail dispatch - (instance1)"
   net start "ms mail external - (instance2)"
   net start "ms mail external - (instance3)"

   STOP.CMD

   net stop "ms mail dispatch - (instance1)"
   net stop "ms mail external - (instance2)"
   net stop "ms mail external - (instance3)"

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q114417 Net Help Start <Service> Works only for Windows NT 3.1 Services

Additional query words: 3.50 start service command line net

Keywords : MailPCNTMMTA
Version : :3.5
Platform : WINDOWS
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