====================================================================== Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File) GW1112: GW 3.2.6 UPDATE ====================================================================== Revision Date: 11/94 1 Disk The following information applies to Microsoft Mail Connection for PC and AppleTalk(R) Networks, version 3.2. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY | | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an Application | | Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER | | EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED | | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR | | PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and | | the use of this Application Note. 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America Online is a registered trademark of Quantum | | Computer Services, Inc. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ The disk provided with this Application Note contains the Microsoft Mail Connection GW file, a replacement for the GW file included with version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Connection for PC and AppleTalk Networks. This update includes the following modifications: - The GW file will handle *Special messages. The *Special messages are generated when the Mail administrator exports a downstream postoffice address list (PAL) to the Connection gateway by selecting External-Admin, Export, All in the Mail Administrator program (ADMIN.EXE) included with Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. NOTE: Previously these messages were not recognized by the Connection gateway and would be returned to the originating postoffice. As a result, the postoffice address list would be added to the MACNET\MACPO address list on the originating postoffice. When the global address list (GAL) was rebuilt, the local users would appear in the GAL twice. One address would reference the local postoffice, and the other address would reference the MACNET\MACPO proxy postoffice. The Connection GW will no longer return these messages to the originating postoffice. - The GW file will successfully transfer multiple attachments when you use Mail for PC Networks to connect two Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks servers and one of the attachments has a filename greater than 13 characters. - The GW file will successfully transfer multiple attachments when you use Mail for PC Networks to connect two Mail for AppleTalk Networks servers and one of the attachments has a space embedded in the attachment's name (for example, Read Me). - The GW file will generate a non-delivery report notifying mail users that the recipient at an unknown or invalid address did not receive their message. NOTE: Previously, in some instances, a sender did not receive notification that a recipient with an unknown or invalid address did not receive the message. To extract the GW file ---------------------- NOTE: The GW file is in a self-extracting (.SEA) archive format as well as in Bin-Hex (.HQX) format to allow you to use an MS-DOS- formatted disk. To access the updated GW file, you need to decode the file using a utility such as StuffIt, StuffIt Expander, or Compact Pro. These utilities can be found on most major bulletin boards, such as CompuServe(R), America Online(R), and AppleLink(R). 1. Use one of the following procedures to transfer the updated GW file to the gateway server Macintosh(R). - If the gateway server Macintosh is capable of reading MS-DOS disks, do the following: a. Insert the enclosed GW1112 disk in the Macintosh floppy disk drive. b. Copy the GW326.HQX file to the Macintosh's hard disk. c. Proceed to step 2 to decode the GW326.HQX file. - To use an IBM(R) or compatible computer, do the following: At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER copy :\gw326.hqx where is the floppy disk drive containing the GW1112 disk and is the drive and directory where your postoffice currently resides. For example, if the postoffice is located in the MAILDATA subdirectory on drive C and the GW1112 disk is in drive A, type the following command: copy a:\gw326.hqx c:\maildata A message will be displayed stating: 1 file(s) copied. This indicates that your GW326.HQX file has been successfully copied. From the gateway server Macintosh, mount the postoffice volume (the volume may already be mounted for gateway access) and copy the GW326.HQX file to the Macintosh's hard disk. 2. From the gateway server Macintosh, use one of the utilities listed below to decode the file into its original format: NOTE: Both utilities will generate a Macintosh-formatted file named GW326.SEA. - To use StuffIt or StuffIt Expander: From the Other menu, choose Bin- Hex. Then select Decode Bin-Hex File. -or- - To use Compact Pro: From the Misc menu, choose Convert FROM BinHex4. 3. The GW326.SEA file is a self-extracting archive file. Double-click the icon to extract the updated GW file. To update the gateway on the AppleTalk Mail gateway server ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. From the Apple(R) menu, choose Microsoft Mail, and then sign in as the Network Manager. If you are already signed in as Network Manager, you can skip this step. 2. On the gateway server hard disk, open the MS Mail Connection 3.2 folder. 3. Open the Connection Installer folder and double-click the Connection Installer icon. 4. In the Gateways Installed On This Server box, select the MS Mail Connection gateway. 5. From the Gateway menu, choose Update Gateway. 6. When the Select A Gateway Update File dialog box appears, select the GW file extracted in the procedure above and choose the Update button. 7. When the Please Pick The Gateway Templates To Install dialog box appears, select the templates for any Mail for PC Networks gateways you want to exchange mail, and then choose the OK button. 8. From the File menu, choose Quit to exit the Connection Installer. 9. Return to Mail for AppleTalk Networks, still signed in as the Network Manager, and choose Gateway Configuration from the Mail menu. If you have more than one gateway installed, select the Connection icon from the left side of the Gateway Configuration dialog box. 10.When the Please Locate The Connection Store (MacGate) Directory dialog box appears, choose the OK button. 11.When the Directory dialog box appears, locate the folder containing the Mail data files on the Mail for PC Networks gateway postoffice and double-click the MacGate folder. 12.When the Gateway Configuration dialog box appears, choose the Update button. A message will appear on the screen to indicate "Writing the MACGATE.INI File to the Connection Store." Click the close box or press ESC to close the dialog box. NOTE: You will not lose Gateway Recipients, and it is not necessary to update the access servers. Only the gateway server update is required.