Microsoft Plus! Internet Mail Client Service Uses POP3 Port ID

ID: Q133188

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in the Windows folder.

SYMPTOMS

You may experience problems sending and receiving e-mail using the Internet mail service in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95.

CAUSE

The Internet mail service listens on the standard 110 port ID for POP3 mail, as specified in the RFC 1060 specification. If your POP3 mail server does not use port ID 110, you cannot send or receive mail.

RESOLUTION

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows 95. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

NOTE: For information about how to edit the registry, view the Changing Keys And Values online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Note that you should make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat) before you edit the registry.

If your POP3 mail server does not use port ID 110, you can edit the value name

00036651

in the following entry in the registry


   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem\ 
   Profiles\<profile name>\<key>

where <profile name> is the name you specified as the profile to store your Internet mail service information in Microsoft Exchange and <key> is a hexadecimal value assigned to this profile by Windows 95.

The default value for port ID 110 (in hexadecimal format) is:


   6E 00 00 00

For example, if your POP3 mail server uses port ID 8110, you must convert 8110 to its hexadecimal equivalent (1F AE 00 00), and then enter this value in reverse notation for the value name 00036651.

To enter the value 1F AE 00 00 in reverse notation, enter the value:


   AE 1F 00 00

For information about how to use Calculator to determine a hexadecimal value, view the "Converting values to other number systems" online Help topic in Calculator (Calc.exe).

MORE INFORMATION

Although you can specify a different port ID in a Services.ini file, the Microsoft Exchange Internet mail client does not look there for it. The port ID is listed in the registry and can be changed only by editing the registry.

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Keywords : winplus win95 exchange wpp95
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS
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