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# PC Ext: -Q4 Parameter Output Meanings

Article ID: 102556

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0b
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2

This article was previously published under Q102556

## SUMMARY

When you use the version 3.0, 3.0b, or 3.2 Microsoft Mail for PC Networks External Mail program (EXTERNAL.EXE) to transfer mail messages from one postoffice to another, you can use the -Q4 switch for debugging problem areas. The -Q4 switch is an undocumented switch and should be used for troubleshooting only.
If you invoke version 3.0 or later of the External Mail program with the -Q4 command-line option, numbers will appear in yellow. The letters represent the following:

       Letter   Description
       ------------------------------------------------------------------

       F        Amount of free memory.

       N        Outstanding number of allocations (that is, this number of
                "memory free" calls is required to release all the memory
                External is currently using).

       A        Bytes allocated in the most recent allocation.

       M        Maximum number of bytes allocated in any memory
                allocation.

       T        Running total on the number of memory allocations so far.
                This value will be increasing.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 3.20

Keywords: KB102556