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Q121732: PC Ext: Failure Delivering User Mail Due to Mailbag Contention

Article: Q121732
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 28-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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When the External Mail program (EXTERNAL.EXE) encounters a mailbag contention
problem, the SYSTEM.LOG report generated may be incorrect. It is also possible
that no report will be generated and External may stop responding (hang or
crash).

If the report is generated, it may list recipients that actually did receive the
message rather than list only the recipient whose mailbag could not be accessed.

CAUSE
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These errors can occur when multiple recipients are specified for one postoffice
and one of the recipients experiences a delivery problem. As the External Mail
program tries to create the SYSTEM.LOG report, memory can be corrupted.

This problem does not occur for mail sent from user to user, within one
postoffice.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.2.9 of the External
Mail program. This problem was corrected in version 3.2.12 of EXTERNAL.EXE. If
you do not have version 3.2.12 (or later), you can download EXTUPD.EXE, a
self-extracting file, on the following services:

- Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet On the www.microsoft.com home
  page, click the Support icon.

  Click Knowledge Base, and select the product. Enter kbfile EXTUPD.EXE, and
  click GO!

  Open the article, and click the button to download the file.

- Internet (anonymous FTP) ftp ftp.microsoft.com Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles
  folder. Get EXTUPD.EXE

- The Microsoft Network On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other
  Location. Type "mssupport" (without the quotation marks).

  Double-click the MS Software Library icon.

  Find the appropriate product area. Locate and Download EXTUPD.EXE.


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

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Additional query words: 3.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailPCN320
Version           : WINDOWS:3.2

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