====================================================================== Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File) Microsoft Mail IMPORT.EXE Version 3.0.6 Update: MAIL FOR PC NETWORKS ====================================================================== Revision Date: 4/93 1 Page, 1 Disk 4/93 WA0643 The following information applies to Microsoft 3.0, version Mail for PC Networks. -------------------------------------------------------------------- | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY | | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an | | Application Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY | | KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO | | THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A | | PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the | | accuracy and the use of this Application Note. This Application | | Note may be copied and distributed subject to the following | | conditions: 1) All text must be copied without modification and | | all pages must be included; 2) If software is included, all files | | on the disk(s) must be copied without modification [the MS-DOS(R) | | utility DISKCOPY is appropriate for this purpose]; 3) All | | components of this Application Note must be distributed together; | | and 4) This Application Note may not be distributed for profit. | | | | Copyright Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. | | Microsoft and MS-DOS are registered trademarks and Windows | | is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. | | This document was created using Microsoft Word for Windows (TM) | -------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION ============ The disk provided with this Application Note contains IMPORT.EXE, a replacement for the IMPORT.EXE file that is included with version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. This update includes the following modifications: - The ability to import gateway FFAPI-type addresses and some minor changes in the way gateway names are included in the directory- synchronization process. - New code to prevent short reads or writes and to make sure that new records always line up on a 698-byte boundary. To Update Your IMPORT.EXE File ------------------------------ 1. Insert the enclosed WA0643 disk in your floppy disk drive. 2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER copy :\import.exe where is the floppy disk drive containing the WA0643 disk and is the drive and directory where your IMPORT.EXE file currently resides. For example, if IMPORT.EXE is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C and the WA0643 disk is in drive A, type the following command: copy a:\import.exe c:\mailexe A message will be displayed stating: 1 file(s) copied. This indicates that your IMPORT.EXE file has been successfully replaced. NOTE: IMPORT.EXE typically resides on the postoffice server in the Mail executables directory as well as on the machine importing addresses into the database. Make sure you update all copies of IMPORT.EXE.