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          MICROSOFT MAIL SMTPGET.EXE VERSION 3.04.6 UPDATE
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ARTICLE-ID: Q118398

The information in this article applies to version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP.

The following files are included with this update:

   SMTPGET.EXE  (107,251 bytes, dated 07-09-95, 11:00 P.M.)
   README.TXT

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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 installing the SMTPGET.EXE file, see the "To update your SMTPGET.EXE file" section below.

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 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).
