PC WRmt: New MMF Created in Apparently Incorrect Location
ID: Q97078
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, version 3.2
SYMPTOMS
When Microsoft Mail Remote version 3.2 for Windows cannot locate your
message store file (MSMAIL.MMF), it automatically creates a new
message store file. Mail prompts for the file name and location. The
initial prompt shown is based on the file location in the
OfflineMessages parameter in the MSMAIL.INI file in your Windows
directory (by default, C:\WINDOWS).
If you change to a new directory in the prompt dialog box, Mail
creates the file in the directory it originally displayed and ignores
the change of the directory location for the message store file.
CAUSE
Even though this behavior appears to create the file in an incorrect
location, Mail is designed to perform in this manner.
MORE INFORMATION
Perform the following three steps to demonstrate this behavior.
- Delete your MMF and edit your MSMAIL.INI file to indicate a
different location for the OfflineMessages parameter. In this
example, store the file in the C:\NEW directory, as follows:
[Microsoft Mail]
OfflineMessages=C:\NEW\MSMAIL.MMF
- Start Mail. As expected, Mail displays the "Your message file could
not be found" message and displays the Open Message File dialog
box. The current directory in the message box is C:\NEW.
- In the Directory list box, change the directory to a different
directory, for example, to C:\DOS. Then choose New.
Mail creates the MSMAIL.MMF file in the C:\NEW directory rather than
in the C:\DOS directory as you chose in the Open Message File dialog
box. The OfflineMessages setting in the edited MSMAIL.INI file remains
(as C:\NEW in this example). You might expect Mail to create
MSMAIL.MMF in the C:\DOS directory.
Each Mail version 3.x for Windows client acts in the same manner with
respect to the OfflineMessages setting and creating the MMF file.
Additional query words:
3.20
Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:3.2
Platform : WINDOWS
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