DOCUMENT:Q87621 07-FEB-2002 [pcmail] TITLE :PC Win: Running Microsoft Mail Windows Client from the Network PRODUCT :Microsoft Mail For PC Networks PROD/VER::3.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Mail for Windows, version 3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article is addressed to the network administrator and outlines the procedure for setting up version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail when Mail is run from the network using the Windows client, and no Mail files are stored locally on the users' workstations. The first section tells how to set up Mail 3.0 when Microsoft Windows and Mail are run entirely from the network. The second section tells how to set up Mail 3.0 when Windows is run locally and Mail 3.0 is run from the network. NOTE: Mail version 3.0 was not designed to be run directly from the network. Because the file I/O that normally occurs on the local workstation is being handled by the network, running Mail from the network may decrease Mail's performance. RUNNING WINDOWS AND MAIL FROM THE NETWORK ----------------------------------------- Definitions: - refers to the Microsoft Mail executables directory. - refers to the shared location of the network installation of Windows. - refers to a temporary directory for a temporary installation of Windows. - refers to the user's network directory where the user stores his or her own Windows files (this will include the *.INI and *.GRP files). INSTALLATION STEPS ------------------ To set up the Mail 3.0 shared files: 1. Install the Windows client in the directory, as described in the "Microsoft Mail Administrator's Guide," page 10. 2. Create the directory on the server or a local workstation and run SETUP /N from the directory to create a new installation of Windows in the directory. 3. Run Windows from . From the MAILEXE directory in the Windows File Manager, start Setup by double-clicking SETUP.EXE. When Setup prompts for the Microsoft Mail directory, type as the location. For example, type "L:\WINDOWS" (without quotation marks) if this is the location of the network version of Windows. This will install all the Mail for Windows program files in the same directory as Windows. 4. Copy MSSPELL.DLL and MSSP_AM.LEX from the \MSAPPS\PROOF directory to . 5. Copy SCHEDMSG.DLL from to . 6. Set all files in to Read-Only. For Novell(R) networks, set the files to Shareable and Read-Only. 7. Modify the MSMAIL.INI file in with any custom settings you want all your users to have (for example, ServerPath). For additional settings that may be included, see pages 52-55 in the "Microsoft Mail Administrator's Guide." 8. In , create the directory \MAILINI. 9. Copy the following files to \MAILINI: \MSMAIL.INI \MSMAILPV.INI \MSMAIL\MSMAIL\FILES.INI 10. Remove (including all files, subdirectories, and the directory). To set up a user for Mail 3.0: 1. In the directory, create the following directories: " \MSMAIL \MSMAIL\MSMAIL " (without the quotation marks) 2. Copy the following files from \MAILINI: Copy To ---- -- MSMAIL.INI \ MSMAILPV.INI \ FILES.INI \\MSMAIL\MSMAIL 3. In the Windows Program Manager, create a Mail 3.0 icon with the following properties: Description: Microsoft Mail Command Line: \MSMAIL.EXE Working Director: Shortcut Key: None Run Minimized: Not checked 4. Modify the WIN.INI file to include the following settings: [Extensions] dcx=\faxview.exe ^.dcx scr=\faxview.exe ^.scr mmf=\msmail.exe [Sounds] MailBeep= [mail] mapi=1 [MS Proofing Tools] Spelling (Mail) 1033,0=msspell.dll,mssp_am.lex Custom Dict 1=\custom.dic 5. Modify the WINFILE.INI file to include the following setting. The [AddOns] section makes it possible for the user to send a file directly from within File Manager. [AddOns] Mail File Manager Extension=sendfile.dll 6. Run Registration Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) and add the following file type to the Registration Database: Identifier: MicrosoftMail File Type: Microsoft Mail Action: Open Command: \MSMAIL.EXE Uses DDE: Not checked 7. Verify that the directory is in the MS-DOS search path for each user. RUNNING WINDOWS LOCALLY AND MAIL FROM THE NETWORK ------------------------------------------------- Definitions: - refers to an individual user's locally installed Windows directory. - refers to the Microsoft Mail executables directory. - refers to the directory where Microsoft Excel 3.0 has been previously installed. INSTALLATION STEPS ------------------ To set up the Mail 3.0 shared files: 1. Install the Windows client in the directory as described in the "Microsoft Mail Administrator's Guide," page 10. 2. Modify MSMAIL.INI in with the following settings and add any additional custom settings you want all your users to have (for example, ServerPath). For additional settings that can be included, see pages 52-55 in the "Microsoft Mail Administrator's Guide." [Microsoft Mail] DemosEnabled=1 [MS Proofing Tools] Spelling=Spelling (Mail) 1033,0 Custom Dict=Custom Dict 1 To set up a user for Mail 3.0: 1. Create the following directories in : " \MSMAIL \MSMAIL\MSMAIL " (without the quotation marks) 2. Copy the following files from : Copy To ---- -- MSMAIL.INI \ MSMAILPV.INI \ FILES.INI \\MSMAIL\MSMAIL 3. In the Windows Program Manager, create a Mail 3.0 icon with the following properties: Description: Microsoft Mail Command Line: \MSMAIL.EXE Working Director: Shortcut Key: None Run Minimized: Not checked 4. Modify the WIN.INI file to include the following settings: [Extensions] dcx=\faxview.exe ^.dcx scr=\faxview.exe ^.scr mmf=\msmail.exe [Sounds] MailBeep= [mail] mapi=1 [MS Proofing Tools] Spelling (Mail) 1033,0=msspell.dll,mssp_am.lex Custom Dict 1=\custom.dic 5. Modify the WINFILE.INI file to include the following setting. The [AddOns] section makes it possible for the user to send a file directly from within File Manager. [AddOns] Mail File Manager Extension=sendfile.dll 6. Run Registration Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) and add the following file type to the Registration Database: Identifer: MicrosoftMail File Type: Microsoft Mail Action: Open Command: \MSMAIL.EXE Uses DDE: Not checked 7. If you have version 3.0 of Microsoft Excel for Windows, copy SMI.XLA to \XLSTART. If you have version 2.0 or later of Microsoft Word for Windows, load SMIAUTO.DOC from . The SendMail macro will install itself and exit Word for Windows. 8. Place the directory in the MS-DOS search path for each user. NOTE: If you are using Windows version 3.0, you must replace the following files in your directory with the copies found in for Mail Help to operate properly: WINHELP.EXE Windows 3.1 Help engine WINHELP.HLP Windows 3.1 Help file for help Additional query words: 3.00 install setup ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail300 Version : :3.0 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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