Microsoft KB Archive/69743

= PC DOS: Using the NEWMAIL Utility with Mail =

Article ID: 69743

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 2.1, when used with:
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0, when used with:
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q69743



SUMMARY
The Microsoft Mail for PC Networks NEWMAIL utility allows you to check the postoffice for new mail. It tells you how many new mail messages and how many unread mail messages you have.

To run the NEWMAIL utility, connect to the drive where the Mail executable files are located (if you do not know, contact your network administrator). From the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER:

newmail

The new mail information for the person with will be displayed on the screen. The NEWMAIL utility has no provision for passwords; therefore, any user can run NEWMAIL on any other user's mailbox, including the mailbox of the Mail administrator.



MORE INFORMATION
The above example assumes that the Mail database is located on drive M. If your Mail database is located on a different drive, the line to invoke the NEWMAIL utility should look like this:

newmail -d

The -D parameter tells Newmail to look on drive X for the Mail database.

For more information about the NEWMAIL utility, see the following documentation:


 * Appendix D of the Microsoft Mail 2.1 &quot;Administrator's Guide&quot;
 * Appendix A of the Microsoft Mail 3.0 &quot;Administrator's Guide&quot;

Additional query words: 2.10 3.00

Keywords: KB69743

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