PC Ext: /ClockRollOver May Be Needed When BIOS Not Detected (112281)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2
This article was previously published under Q112281 SUMMARY
The system clock or Timestamp of the machine running the EXTERNAL.EXE
program, MS-DOS Message Transfer Agent (MTA), included with version 3.2 of
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, may be incorrectly incremented by 24 hours,
if the BIOS type cannot be detected properly.
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The ClockRollOver switch may need to be added to EXTERNAL.INI or to
the command line, /ClockRollOver, of EXTERNAL.EXE, if difficulty is
encountered in recognizing the BIOS type and date of the machine
it is running on. In version 3.2, this is set to a value of 1 (ON),
by default. Setting this to a value of 0 (OFF) will keep External
from touching the system BIOS and should resolve the problem.
A way to check if you will encounter this problem is by running MSD.EXE,
Microsoft System Diagnostic utility, on the MTA machine. This can be
accomplished by selecting the option Computer from the main menu
after the utility is started. If it recognizes the BIOS, you probably
do not have a problem, but if it does not then mail administrators
should be aware of a possible need to include this switch at startup.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/7/1999 |
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| Keywords: | KB112281 |
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