PC WFW: Postoffice Administration Not Available from Windows

• Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

After you use Extensions for Windows for Workgroups to upgrade a Windows version 3.1 for Workgroups postoffice to a version 3.0 Microsoft Mail for PC Networks postoffice, it is not possible to access the Mail Administrator program from within Mail for Windows.

Before the Windows for Workgroups postoffice was upgraded, the Mail Administrator program could be accessed from the Mail menu within Mail for Windows. After the upgrade, if you select the Postoffice Manager command from the Mail menu, the following error message appears:

   The ServerPath entry in your MSMAIL.INI file is missing or doesn't
   contain the pathname of a valid Workgroup Postoffice.

CAUSE

As in the retail version of Microsoft Mail, it is expected that the Mail administrator log in from MS-DOS, using ADMIN.EXE.

RESOLUTION

You can remove the Postoffice Manager command from the Mail menu by completing the following steps:

1. From the File menu in Microsoft Mail, choose Exit And Sign-Out.

2. Open the MSMAIL.INI file with any text editor.

3. Place a semi-colon before the following lines:

         WGPOMgr1=3.0;Mail;;13
         WGPOMgr2=3.0;Mail;&Postoffice Manager...;14;WGPOMGR.DLL;
         0;;Manage Workgroup Postoffice;MSMAIL.HLP;2870
   

4. Save the changes to the MSMAIL.INI file.

5. Exit out of the text editor.

6. Restart Mail.