KB142289 - PC Rmt: Troubleshooting Options for the Command Line

Article ID: 142289

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

Microsoft Mail Remote 3.0 for MS-DOS

This article was previously published under Q142289

SUMMARY

In order to troubleshoot issues with Mail Remote for MS-DOS, you can use additional options from the command line when you execute the Mail program (MAIL.EXE). By default, the Mail program is located in the \RMAIL directory.

MORE INFORMATION

The following command line options can be used for additional troubleshooting information:

Option                    Description
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-L<path\filename>         Logging. This creates a text file in the
                          path specified.

-Q1                       Additional logging information for message
                          transfer.

-Q2                       Additional logging information for
                          asynchronous or modem transfer.

-Q3                       Additional logging information for message
                          envelopes.

-Q4                       Additional logging for memory usage.

-V                        Verbose. Adds additional logging information.

NOTE: The -Q options can be used in sequence. For example,

mail -lrmail.log -q1234 -v

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

116434 EXTERNAL.INI Equivalents to -Qx Command-Line Options

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