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All of the Microsoft Office for Windows applications (Microsoft Access,
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Mail, and Microsoft PowerPoint)
support the MAPI protocol by default. To support VIM electronic mail
systems, the applications use a MAPI-to-VIM translation dynamic-link
library (DLL) called MAPIVIM.DLL. The following diagrams demonstrate the
route Microsoft Access uses when you send electronic mail using either the
Send command from the File menu or the SendObject macro action:
How Microsoft Access Installs Electronic Mail Support
How to Switch from One Mail System To AnotherWhen you access email from Microsoft Access, Microsoft Access searches first for the MAPIDLL setting. If found, Microsoft Access supports VIM- compliant email systems. If not found, Microsoft Access then searches for the MAPI=1 setting and, if found, supports MAPI-compliant email systems.If you work on a network that uses both MAPI- and VIM- compliant email applications, you may want Microsoft Access to be able to switch back and forth between the two applications. To do this, add both of the above settings to the [Mail] section of your WIN.INI file. When you want to use a MAPI-compliant email application, comment the MAPIDLL line to deactivate it (to comment a line in the WIN.INI file, type a semicolon [;] at the beginning of the line). The following sample WIN.INI entries demonstrate this procedure: To use a MAPI-compliant email program (such as Microsoft Mail), comment the MAPIDLL line:
To use a VIM-compliant email program (such as cc:Mail), remove the semicolon (;) from the MAPIDLL line to reactivate it:
If you want to use VIM-compliant email systems but Microsoft Access did not install the MAPIVIM.DLL file because there was no MAPIDLL line in the WIN.INI file, you can install the MAPIVIM.DLL file manually. To do this, copy the DECOMP.EXE file from disk 1 of your original Microsoft Access installation disks to your Windows directory. Insert disk 5 (for 3.5-inch disks) or disk 4 (for 5.25-inch disks) in drive A, and then type the following command at a DOS prompt:
This command will install the MAPIVIMM.DLL file in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. cc:Mail is manufactured by Lotus Development Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability. For more information about Vendor Independent Messaging in Microsoft Office for Windows 95, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q137098 Contents of the Ofreadme.txt File Additional query words: mail msacc20.ini cc
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