PC Win: Running Microsoft Mail Windows Client from the Network

• Microsoft Mail for Windows, version 3.0

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
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Definitions

• <MAILEXE> refers to the Microsoft Mail executables directory.
• <WINSHARE> refers to the shared location of the network

      installation of Windows.
  

• <WINTEMP> refers to a temporary directory for a temporary

      installation of Windows.
  

• <MYDIR> 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 <MAILEXE> directory, as described in the "Microsoft Mail Administrator's Guide," page 10.

2. Create the <WINTEMP> directory on the server or a local workstation and run SETUP /N from the <WINSHARE> directory to create a new installation of Windows in the <WINTEMP> directory.

3. Run Windows from <WINTEMP>. 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 <WINSHARE> 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 <WINTEMP>\MSAPPS\PROOF directory to <WINSHARE>.

5. Copy SCHEDMSG.DLL from <MAILEXE> to <WINSHARE>.

6. Set all files in <WINSHARE> to Read-Only. For Novell(R) networks, set the files to Shareable and Read-Only.

7. Modify the MSMAIL.INI file in <WINTEMP> 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 <MAILEXE>, create the directory \MAILINI.

9. Copy the following files to <MAILEXE>\MAILINI:

   <WINTEMP>\MSMAIL.INI <WINTEMP>\MSMAILPV.INI <WINTEMP>\MSMAIL\MSMAIL\FILES.INI

10. Remove <WINTEMP> (including all files, subdirectories, and the directory).

To set up a user for Mail 3.0

1. In the <MYDIR> directory, create the following directories:

   \MSMAIL \MSMAIL\MSMAIL

2. Copy the following files from <MAILEXE>\MAILINI:

         Copy          To
         ----          --
   
         MSMAIL.INI    \<MYDIR>
         MSMAILPV.INI  \<MYDIR>
         FILES.INI     \<MYDIR>\MSMAIL\MSMAIL
   
   

3. In the Windows Program Manager, create a Mail 3.0 icon with the following properties:

         Description:       Microsoft Mail
         Command Line:      <WINSHARE>\MSMAIL.EXE
         Working Director:  <WINSHARE>
         Shortcut Key:      None
         Run Minimized:     Not checked
   
   

4. Modify the WIN.INI file to include the following settings:

   [Extensions] dcx=<WINSHARE>\faxview.exe ^.dcx scr=<WINSHARE>\faxview.exe ^.scr mmf=<WINSHARE>\msmail.exe

   [Sounds] MailBeep=

   [mail] mapi=1

   [MS Proofing Tools] Spelling (Mail) 1033,0=msspell.dll,mssp_am.lex Custom Dict 1=<MYDIR>\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:      <WINSHARE>\MSMAIL.EXE
         Uses DDE:     Not checked
   
   

7. Verify that the <WINSHARE> directory is in the MS-DOS search path for each user.

              RUNNING WINDOWS LOCALLY AND MAIL FROM THE NETWORK
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Definitions

   -  <WINDIR> refers to an individual user's locally installed
      Windows directory.
   -  <MAILEXE> refers to the Microsoft Mail executables directory.
   -  <EXCELDIR> 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 <MAILEXE> directory as described in the "Microsoft Mail Administrator's Guide," page 10.

2. Modify MSMAIL.INI in <MAILEXE> 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