PC Gen: Mail Client Polling Defaults and How to Reset Them (118528)

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
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   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.