PC WFW: Version 3.2 Postoffice Upgrade Instructions (98912)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2
This article was previously published under Q98912

SUMMARY

This article explains how to install version 3.2 of the Microsoft Mail for Windows Postoffice Upgrade for Microsoft Windows for Workgroups.

The focus of these directions is based on working from the Windows for Workgroups station on which the Windows for Workgroups postoffice is installed. To complete the upgrade process, perform the following steps. You may need to make adjustments, as needed, if your postoffice is located on a Novell or LAN Manager server.

NOTE: Be sure all users on the postoffice have exited and signed out of Mail before installing the upgrade.

MORE INFORMATION

To upgrade the existing Windows for Workgroups postoffice to a full version 3.2 Microsoft Mail for PC Networks postoffice, run the SETUP.EXE program from the Setup Postoffice disk. You will be prompted with a series of screens and questions.

Follow the instructions, inserting disks as prompted, until the upgrade process is finished. The screens and questions are as follows:

  • Welcome screen

    Setup can do the following:

    • Update a Workgroup postoffice
    • Copy Microsoft Mail server programs
    • Copy Microsoft Mail client programs
  • Prompt screen

    Setup then prompts for:

    • Location of the postoffice data files
    • Administrators mailbox name and password
    • Postoffice and network name
    • If you are running gateways earlier than version 3.0
    • If you are moving the postoffice
    • Server programs to install
    • Client programs to install
  • Postoffice Directory Screen

    Please specify the directory containing the Workgroup postoffice. The postoffice must exist in this directory.

    Setup suggests the following directory: 
          C:\MAILDATA
    NOTE: The Windows for Workgroups postoffice may be located in C:\WINDOWS\WGPO or in another location. If you are not sure, check with your network administrator.
  • Mailbox screen

    Enter your administrator name:
  • Password screen

    Enter your password:
  • Gateway Installation screen

    Will you run Microsoft Mail gateways earlier than 3.0?
  • Postoffice Relocation screen

    No relocation
    Microsoft LAN Manager Compatible Novell
  • Server programs screen

    Select Server programs you want to install

    Done
    Administration and Utilities
    Server agents
    Modem scripts files

    NOTE: You must choose to install the Administration and Utilities programs here in order to access the postoffice administrator program ADMIN.EXE. This utility replaces the Windows for Workgroups Postoffice Manager. You will be prompted for a directory location for the Mail executable files.

    Setup suggests the following directory: 
          C:\MAILEXE
    WARNING: Do NOT specify the Windows directory.
  • Client Programs screen

    Select the client programs you want to install

    Done
    Windows and Presentation Manager
    MS-DOS

    NOTE: You should always install the MS-DOS-based workstation even if all your users will be running different workstation software. The MS-DOS client installation copies files needed by other Microsoft Mail components. It may also be helpful when troubleshooting the Mail system.

    NOTE: You must choose to install Windows and Presentation Manager client files here, if you plan to update your users' local workstations to the latest version of the Windows or Presentation Manager client. If you choosing not to install the files at this time, you must rerun this portion of Setup before you can complete the client upgrades.
  • Confirm Choices screen
  • Updating screen

    NOTE: You will see files being copied.
  • Installation Complete screen

    Setup has successfully installed Microsoft Mail Extensions.
  • From File Manager, share the mail executables directory with Full Rights. From File Manager, share the postoffice directory with Full Rights (if you have not already done so).
  • For Macintosh users only: Use the Apple Macintosh Workstation disk and refer to Chapter 1 of the Microsoft Mail "Administrator's Guide."
  • Locate the postoffice and use the ADMIN.EXE program on a nondedicated Windows for Workgroups server.

    NOTE: Nondedicated refers to a Windows for Workgroups computer being used as a workstation and as the postoffice server.

Schedule+ Installation

  • Create the Schedule+ Admin Mail account "adminsch." For more information about how to do this, see Chapter 2 of the Schedule+ "Administrator's Guide."
  • Use the Schedule+ disks and follow the instructions in the Schedule+ for Windows "Administrator's Guide" to upgrade the server portion of Schedule+.
After the Windows for Workgroups postoffice has been upgraded to a full Mail 3.2 postoffice, the administration functions are handled through the MS-DOS-based Administrator program (ADMIN.EXE).

ADMIN.EXE is located in the Mail executables directory. By default, the Administrator program looks for the postoffice on the current or root directory of drive M. There are several ways to make the Administrator program successfully locate the postoffice; use the method best suited for your configuration:

  • Use the -d command-line parameter.

    When using a drive other than M for the postoffice, you can specify that drive using the -d<drive letter> parameter. For example, if you want to use the N drive, use the following syntax:

    c:\mailexe\admin -dn

    NOTE: The postoffice must be located in the current or root directory of the specified drive.

    The following is an example of incorrect usage of the -d parameter:

    c:\mailexe\admin -dn:\wgpo

    -or-

  • Copy ADMIN.EXE to the root of the postoffice directory.

    You can copy ADMIN.EXE to the postoffice directory rather than use a drive map for the MAILEXE directory. The following example uses N:\WGPO as the postoffice location. Copy ADMIN.EXE from the MAILEXE directory to N:\WGPO. Then invoke the Administrator program with the following syntax:

    n:\wgpo\admin -dn

    -or-

  • Use the MS-DOS SUBST command.

    If you are using a peer-to-peer network and the postoffice is located on a nondedicated server, you can elect to use the MS-DOS SUBST command to assign the root of drive M to the postoffice. You should add the SUBST command to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For example:

    subst m: c:\windows\wgpo

The server-based portion of the mail system update is now complete. You need to update the client side (local workstation files) for the Windows-based and OS/2 Presentation Manager-based client, and the Schedule+ client.

Windows and OS/2 Presentation Manager Upgrade

To complete this section, you must have specified that the Windows and Presentation Manager client files be installed during the server-based portion of setup.

Complete the following steps at each user's workstation:

  1. From File Manager, connect drive M to the shared postoffice directory.
  2. Connect to the shared mail executables directory (any drive letter).
  3. Double-click the SETUP.EXE file located in the mail executables directory. You will be prompted for a directory location to install Microsoft Mail.

    Setup suggests the following directory: 
          C:\MSMAIL
Follow the instructions until the Microsoft Mail Windows client upgrade is complete.

Schedule+ Upgrade

Complete the following steps from each user's workstation:

  1. From File Manager, connect drive M to the shared postoffice directory.
  2. Connect to the shared Schedule+ directory (any drive letter).
  3. Double-click the SETUP.EXE file located in the shared Schedule+ directory. You will be prompted for a directory location to install Schedule+.
Follow the instructions until the Schedule+ client upgrade is complete.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/28/1999
Keywords:KB98912
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