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  Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
       WA0614: MICROSOFT MAIL EXTERNAL.EXE VERSION 3.0.4 UPDATE
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                                                  Revision Date: 11/92
                                                         Disk Included

The following information applies to Microsoft Mail for PC Networks
version 3.0.

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Introduction
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The disk provided with this application note contains EXTERNAL.EXE, a
replacement for the EXTERNAL.EXE file that is included with Microsoft
Mail for PC Networks version 3.0. The replacement file provides
additional enhancements to the original EXTERNAL.EXE file that resolve
two specific sets of conditions that can 1) cause mail message
transfers to fail when dynamic drive connections are used and 2) cause
circular routing errors to occur when two or more External programs
are run from the same postoffice.

To Replace Your EXTERNAL.EXE File
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1. Insert the enclosed WA0614 disk in your floppy disk drive.

2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER

     copy <drive>:\external.exe <destination>

   where <drive> is the floppy disk drive containing the WA0614 disk
   and <destination> is the drive and directory where your
   EXTERNAL.EXE file currently resides. For example, if EXTERNAL.EXE
   is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C and the WA0614 disk
   is in drive A, type the following command:

     copy a:\external.exe c:\mailexe

   A message will be displayed stating: "1 file(s) copied" (without
   the quotation marks). This indicates that your EXTERNAL.EXE file
   has been successfully replaced.

    NOTE: EXTERNAL.EXE typically resides on the postoffice server in
    the Mail executables directory as well as on the machine running
    the External mail transfer. Make sure you update all copies of
    EXTERNAL.EXE.