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PC NTMMTA: Advantages of Running EXTERNAL.EXE as a Service

Article ID: 131424

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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SUMMARY

Microsoft Windows NT provides Windows NT services to manage network processes that run continuously, such as the External and Dispatch programs from Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. If you run these programs as Windows NT services, you will have several benefits. This article discusses these benefits.

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The following are the benefits from running network processes as Windows NT services:
  • The External and Dispatch programs can be started automatically when the computer is turned on, without requiring an administrator to log on.
  • Specific External and Dispatch instances can be controlled using the Windows NT Service Control Manager.
  • Multiple instances of the External and Dispatch programs can run while the workstation is used for other purposes.
  • Instances of the External and Dispatch programs can be monitored from any workstation on the network.

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