Microsoft KB Archive/118528

= PC Gen: Mail Client Polling Defaults and How to Reset Them =

Article ID: 118528

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2

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This article was previously published under Q118528



SUMMARY
Microsoft Mail has default polling intervals that are used to check for new mail. You can control how often the workstation polls the database to check for new mail.

The following table lists the mail clients, their polling defaults, and how to reset them.   Program                    Default         Modify with ---

MS-DOS workstation        30 seconds      -N command-line option

MICRO/MONITOR/OPERATOR    30 seconds      -X command-line option (no NetBIOS)

Windows client            10 minutes      Mail menu Option command (see note below)

Macintosh workstation     30 seconds      Select the application and press the Command+I keystroke combination or                                             Click Get Info on the File menu.

You can then set a value for Check New Mail (secs)

Presentation Manager       5 seconds      -N command-line option IMPORTANT: For the Windows workstation, the administrator can set the default polling value with the PollingInterval variable in the MSMAIL.INI template file that is stored in the Mail executables directory on the server (or in some cases, in the user's Windows directory). The user must modify the Check For New Mail option from the Options menu from the Windows workstation. This value is stored in the user's Mail message file (MMF) and the MSMAIL.INI value is ignored after the MMF is created.

Additional query words: 3.20

Keywords: KB118528

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