SMTP: Microsoft Mail SMTPGET.EXE Version 3.04.6 Update
  
PSS ID Number: Q118398
Article last modified on 02-19-1996
 
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MS-DOS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP, version 3.0
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft provides a replacement for the SMTPGET.EXE file that is included
with version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP.
 
For complete information about obtaining and installing the SMTPGET.EXE
file, see the following sections:
 
 - To download the updated file
 - To update your SMTPGET.EXE file
 
MORE INFORMATION
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This update contains SMTPGET.EXE, a replacement for the SMTPGET.EXE file
that is included with version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP. This
replacement file corrects the following problems:
 
 - SMTPGET incorrectly locks the incoming mail queue, causing the
   following error to appear in the LOG\SYSTEM.LOG file:
 
      Error: [021] Message was not delivered due to missing routing
      file.
 
   You must use the -md option to work around this problem.
 
 - SMTPGET 3.0 does not support the mailer disabler (-md) option.
 
   NOTE: You must use the -md option to resolve the file-locking
   problems with SMTPGET mentioned above.
 
 - Messages addressed to *SPECIAL or $SPECIAL can get stuck in the
   outgoing SMTP queue. These messages are used when address lists are
   exchanged between Microsoft Mail postoffices.
 
 - Seemingly random messages can get stuck in the outgoing SMTP queue
   because SMTPGET was unable to properly extract the message from the
   postoffice.
 
To download the updated file
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You can find SMTPGE.EXE, a self-extracting file, on the following
services:
 
 - Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet
      On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.
      Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.
      Enter kbfile SMTPGE.EXE, and click GO!
      Open the article, and click the button to download the file.
 
 - Internet (anonymous FTP)
      ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
      Get SMTPGE.EXE
 
 - The Microsoft Network
      On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location.
      Type "mssupport" (without the quotation marks).
      Double-click the MS Software Library icon.
      Find the appropriate product area.
      Locate and Download SMTPGE.EXE.
 
 - Microsoft Partner Network (MSPN)
      On MSPN Desktop, double-click the Software Library icon.
      Search for SMTPGE.EXE.
      Display results and download.
 
 - Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)
      Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download SMTPGE.EXE
 
For additional information about downloading, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
               Services
 
After you download SMTPGE.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing
"smtpge" at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file.
You should receive the following files:
 
   SMTPGET.EXE  (107,251 bytes, dated 07-09-95, 11:00 P.M.)
   README.TXT
 
To update your SMTPGET.EXE file
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At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER
 
   copy <path>:\smtpget.exe <destination>
 
where <path> is the drive and directory where you ran the self-extracting
SMTPGE.EXE file and <destination> is the drive and directory where your
SMTPGET.EXE file currently resides. For example, if you ran the self-
extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, and your SMTPGET.EXE
file is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, type the following
command:
 
   copy d:\test\smtpget.exe c:\mailexe
 
NOTE: SMTPGET.EXE is typically installed on the postoffice server
in the MAILEXE directory as well as on the computer running the
SMTP gateway software. Make sure you update all copies of
SMTPGET.EXE.
 
Using the -md command-line options
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When you start the SMTPGATE program, append the -md option to the command
line. If you are using the -mr parameter on the gateway, you are not
logging mail received from the gateway. To log this information, you need
to add the -mr parameter to the command line for the External Mail program.
 
   Option   Description
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   -md      Places inbound messages in the postoffice's incoming mail
            queue, but does not deliver the messages to their
            destination. When you use this option, you must be running
            the External Mail program to ensure that recipients
            receive the mail.
 
   NOTE: When you use the -md option, SMTPGATE offloads some of its
   normal processing to the External Mail program. You MUST have at
   least one External Mail process accessing the gateway postoffice or
   no incoming mail will be received by any user on the local or
   downstream postoffices. This option also increases the performance
   of the SMTP gateway by offloading some of its workload to the
   External Mail program's process(es).
 
Additional reference words: 3.00 wga
KBCategory: kb3rdparty kbfile
KBSubcategory: MailGWSMTP
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.
