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PC Gen: Summary List of Mail for PC Networks 3.2a Bug Fixes

Article ID: 120449

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006


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SUMMARY

Below is a list of bugs fixed in version 3.2a of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks.

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SUMMARY OF FILES UPGRADED FOR MAIL 3.2A

The server files upgraded due to fixes or otherwise revised for Mail 3.2a are as follows (.EXE files are now version 3.2.9):

SETUP.EXE
SETUP.INF
README.TXT
ADMIN.EXE
MOVEUSER.EXE
RESORT.EXE
ASYNC.OVL
EXTERNAL.EXE
EXTERNAL.HLP
IMPORT.EXE
REBUILD.EXE
REQMAIN.EXE
SRVMAIN.EXE
X25ATLAN.OVL
X25EICON.OVL
NOVEXT.EXE (French version ONLY)
DISPATCH.EXE (French version ONLY)

The client files upgraded due to fixes or otherwise revised for Mail 3.2a are as follows (.DLL files are now version 3.2.0.4074):

SETUP.EXE
MSMAIL.EXE
CONVERT.EXE
MAILSPL.EXE
MAPI.DLL
MSSFS.DLL
PABSNP.DLL
STORE.DLL
AB.DLL
VFORMS.DLL
MAILMGR.DLL
DEMIWLO.DLL (PM client)

SERVER BUGS FIXED IN MAIL 3.2A

PC Adm: Microsoft Mail ADMIN.EXE 3.2.12 Update

File Updated/Modified: ADMIN.EXE

PC Adm: Removed User Still Has Access to Group Folder

File Updated/Modified: ADMIN.EXE

With versions 2.1e, 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, a user removed from a Global group may still have access to any group folders associated with that Global group.

A Global group is defined as a group that is created from the Mail Administrator program (ADMIN.EXE) and that is available in the postoffice address list (POL).

PC Ext: EXTERNAL.EXE 3.2.13 Update

File Updated/Modified: EXTERNAL.EXE

PC Ext: Err Msg: Retry Count Exceeded

File Updated/Modified: EXTERNAL.EXE

With version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, when EXTERNAL.EXE cannot deliver mail to a *.MAI file, the following error message appears:
Retry count exceeded
External generates this error after it has tried to deliver the message three times. It takes approximately 16 minutes to make the three attempts. If the file remains locked, External's copy of the message is destroyed. You can tell this problem has occurred by looking in the sending postoffice's SESSION.LOG and SYSTEM.LOG files for "Retry Count Exceeded" and "Missing Message File" messages.

PC Adm: IMPORT.EXE 3.2.9 Update

File Updated/Modified: IMPORT.EXE

PC Adm: Deleting Users w/IMPORT Leaves Orphaned Folders, .IDXs

File Updated/Modified: IMPORT.EXE

When you use the IMPORT utility (IMPORT.EXE) included with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks to delete users from the local postoffice, the users are deleted from the database; however, their folders and .IDX files remain.

PC Adm: IMPORT .INF File Size Increases When IMPORT -A Is Used

File Updated/Modified: IMPORT.EXE

When you use the IMPORT utility (IMPORT.EXE) included with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks to modify users with template information, the size of the .INF file for this address list doubles in size each time IMPORT.EXE is used.

PC Adm: Err: Modifying Mailbox Name Causes Notice 34 & 127

File Updated/Modified: IMPORT.EXE

When you use the IMPORT utility (IMPORT.EXE) included with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks to modify a local postoffice user's mailbox name, the user will receive the following error when he or she logs in to the MS-DOS client:
Notice 34 Could not access log information file.
Furthermore, if this modified user tries to access any MS-DOS client folders, he or she will receive the following error message:
Notice 127 Private Folder Index Missing.
The user will not be able to access, store mail in, or view his or her private MS-DOS folders.

PC Adm: IMPORT.EXE Does Not Recover from Reset CONTROL.GLB

File Updated/Modified: IMPORT.EXE

The IMPORT.EXE utility provided with Microsoft Mail for PC Networks versions 3.0 and 3.2 does not properly recover after the CONTROL.GLB file is reset (bytes set to zero). If the administrator uses IMPORT.EXE to add users to the local postoffice after a CONTROL.GLB reset, these new users receive the same hexadecimal identifiers (hex-IDs) as existing users.

PC Adm: Microsoft Mail MOVEUSER.EXE Version 3.2.8 Update

File Updated/Modified: MOVEUSER.EXE

PC DirSync: REBUILD.EXE 3.2.4 Update

File Updated/Modified: REBUILD.EXE

On MS-DOS and Macintosh workstations, the GALNETPO.GLB file is regenerated while REBUILD.EXE is running.

PC DirSync: Bad CRC Causes No Error; Corrupted Data in SRVCONF

File Updated/Modified: REQMAIN.EXE

The following two problems can occur:

PC DirSync: SRVMAIN.EXE 3.2.9 Update

File Updated/Modified: SRVMAIN.EXE

PC DirSync: FFAPI ProxyNet/ProxyPO Not Included in Import

File Updated/Modified: SRVMAIN.DLL

If an administrator to a new Mail for PC Networks postoffice requests an import (by selecting Admin, Config, Dir-Sync, Requestor, Import) from the server running directory synchronization (Dir-Sync), the new postoffice will not receive the ProxyNet/ProxyPO names if the Dir-Sync server is also the Mail Connection 3.2 gateway postoffice.

CLIENT BUGS FIXED IN MAIL 3.2A

PC Win: Network Error Using Mail Conversion Program

File Updated/Modified: CONVERT.EXE

When you use version 3.0 of the Microsoft Mail Conversion Program to convert Mail 2.x folders to Mail 3.0 or 3.2, CONVERT.EXE may report a network error and then exit.

PC Adm: Microsoft Mail MAILMGR.DLL Version 3.2.0.4074 Update

File Updated/Modified: MAILMGR.DLL

PC MAPI: WA0729: Microsoft Mail Simple MAPI Update

File Updated/Modified: MAPI.DLL

PC MAPI: Errors When Compiling Sample in Visual Basic

File Updated/Modified: MAPI.DLL

You may receive errors when you attempt to compile the Visual Basic Sample MAPI application included on the Technical Reference disk that is provided with version 3.0b of Microsoft Mail for Windows.

PC Win: WA0889: Mail for MSMAIL.EXE 3.20.4037 Update

File Updated/Modified: MSMAIL.EXE

PC Win: Mail for Windows MSSFS.DLL 3.2.0.4074 Update

File Updated/Modified: MSSFS.DLL

The following problems can occur when you use version 3.0b of Microsoft Mail for Windows:

The following problems can occur when you use version 3.0b or 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows:

PC DirSync: Err Msg: Fatal [203] GAL Rebuild Problem

File Updated/Modified: MSSFS.DLL

When running version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows there may be persistent failures of Directory Synchronization (Dir-Sync) recorded in the DIRSYNC.LOG file:
Fatal [203] GAL Rebuild problem accessing files Global Address List not installed on this Postoffice

PC Win: Network List Doesn't Sort Alphabetically

File Updated/Modified: MSSFS.DLL

External postoffices, SNADS DGNs, and nodes for PROFS and OfficeVision are not displayed in alphabetic order in the Network List because version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail for Windows reads them in one at a time and adds them to the hierarchy. Thus they are displayed in the order they were set up.

PC Win: Err Msg: Undeliverable Mail

File Updated/Modified: MSSFS.DLL

With version 3.0b or 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows, if there are more than 66 network names defined, the following error may occur when you send mail:
Undeliverable Mail
This problem applies to gateway users, as well as external postoffice users.

PC Win: Missing Message Text When Sending to a Large Group

File Updated/Modified: MSSFS.DLL

In versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, when sending mail such that the number of recipients is greater than 200 (the exact number depends on the specific address list), the body of the message will be missing.

PC Win: Duplicate PAB Entries--Part 2

File Updated/Modified: MSSFS.DLL, PABNSP.DLL

Versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows add and display the same user listing to the Personal Address Book more than one time.

PC Win: WA0887: Mail for Windows PABNSP.DLL 3.2.0.4046 Update

File Updated/Modified: MSSFS.DLL, PABNSP.DLL

Duplicate addresses are added to the Personal Address Book (PAB).

PC Win: WA0722: Mail for Windows SETUP.EXE Version 3.0.2.4001

File Updated/Modified: SETUP.EXE

Version 3.2a fixes a problem that can occur when you attempt to set up Mail for Windows to run from a network file server.

The following appnote has been deactivated.

PC Win: WA0723: Mail for Windows STORE.DLL 3.2.0.4065 Update

File Updated/Modified: STORE.DLL

PC Win: WA0762: Mail for Windows VFORMS.DLL 3.2.0.4064 Update

File Updated/Modified: VFORMS.DLL

The following two problems can occur when attachments are launched using version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail for Windows:

The following problems can occur when you use version 3.0b or 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows:

PC Win: Attached MAC Filenames Convert to Windows Incorrectly

File Updated/Modified: VFORMS.DLL

Versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows appends a file extension to an attached file received from a version 3.0 Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, Macintosh workstation, even if the file has a valid Microsoft MS-DOS filename.

NOTE: MS-DOS supports a filename limited to eight characters for the name and three characters for the extension (for example, FILENAME.DOC). This naming convention is commonly referred to as 8.3 format.

PC Mac: Macintosh Client Version 3.0.3 Update

File Updated/Modified: MACLIENT.HQX


Additional query words: 3.20a

Keywords: KB120449