Microsoft KB Archive/118398

SMTP: Microsoft Mail SMTPGET.EXE Version 3.04.6 Update

PSS ID Number: Q118398 Article last modified on 02-19-1996

3.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

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 obtaining and installing the SMTPGET.EXE file, see the following sections:


 * To download the updated file
 * To update your SMTPGET.EXE file

= MORE INFORMATION =

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.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 download the updated file
You can find SMTPGE.EXE, a self-extracting file, on the following services:


 * Microsoft’s World Wide Web Site on the Internet On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon. Click Knowledge Base, and select the product. Enter kbfile SMTPGE.EXE, and click GO! Open the article, and click the button to download the file.
 * Internet (anonymous FTP) ftp ftp.microsoft.com Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder. Get SMTPGE.EXE
 * The Microsoft Network On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location. Type “mssupport” (without the quotation marks). Double-click the MS Software Library icon. Find the appropriate product area. Locate and Download SMTPGE.EXE.
 * Microsoft Partner Network (MSPN) On MSPN Desktop, double-click the Software Library icon. Search for SMTPGE.EXE. Display results and download.
 * Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL Download SMTPGE.EXE

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

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

After you download SMTPGE.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing “smtpge” at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file. You should receive the following files:

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

To update your SMTPGET.EXE file
At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER

copy :.exe

where is the drive and directory where you ran the self-extracting SMTPGE.EXE file and 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:.exe c:

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
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
-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).

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