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# PC Ext: EXTERNAL.INI Requires [External] Section

Article ID: 124857

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

APPLIES TO

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

This article was previously published under Q124857

## SYMPTOMS

In versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.2, and 3.2a of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, the Message Transfer Agent (EXTERNAL.EXE) may appear to execute correctly but no mail is transferred, and no error message is generated. External will only attach to postoffices on M:.

## CAUSE

If EXTERNAL.EXE fails to find an [External] section in an EXTERNAL.INI file, it assumes the postoffice on drive M: is both the Home postoffice and the only connected postoffice.

## RESOLUTION

Add [External] to the beginning of the section in the EXTERNAL.INI file which contains the basic startup information of the MTA.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.20 3.20a

Keywords: KB124857