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Q116115: PC DOS: MS-DOS Client MAIL.EXE 3.0.2 Update

Article: Q116115
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbgraphxlinkcritical
Last Modified: 21-DEC-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.0, 3.2, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: MS-DOS 
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft provides a replacement for the MAIL.EXE file that is included with
versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks.

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

- To download the updated file

- To update your MAIL.EXE file

MORE INFORMATION
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This update contains MAIL.EXE, a replacement for the MAIL.EXE file that is
included with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. This
update includes a modification to correct the following problem:

- With version 3.0 of the MS-DOS client, when you read certain messages that
  contain color highlights, the message may exhibit a host of problems ranging
  from benign (characters changing color) to severe (user's system locking up).

To download the updated file
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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

  DownloadDownload Dosmail.exe now
  (http://download.microsoft.com/download/pcmail/Update/1/DOS/EN-US/Dosmail.exe)

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of
posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure
servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

After you download DOSMAIL.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing "dosmail"
(without the quotation marks) at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of
the file. You should receive the following files:

  MAIL.EXE (267,169 bytes, dated 04-25-94, 4:09 P.M.)
  README.TXT

To update your MAIL.EXE file
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At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER

  " copy <path>:\mail.exe <destination> " (without the quotation
  marks)

where <path> is the drive and directory where you ran the self- extracting
DOSMAIL.EXE file and <destination> is the drive and directory where your
MAIL.EXE file currently resides.

For example, if you ran the self-extracting file from the TEST directory on drive
D, and your <filename> file is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive
C, type the following command:

  " copy d:\test\mail.exe c:\mailexe " (without the quotation marks)

NOTE: The MAIL.EXE file typically resides on the postoffice server in the Mail
executables directory as well as on the machine importing addresses into the
database. Make sure you update all copies of the MAIL.EXE file.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.20 wga

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Keywords          : kbgraphxlinkcritical 
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.2

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