PC Adm: Description of Regular and Interval Times (77545)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 2.1
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
This article was previously published under Q77545 SUMMARY
Communicating with external postoffices often means using long distance
phone services. Microsoft Mail for PC Networks lets you set up a schedule
for automatic calling to take place. You can specify when your postoffice
will call the external postoffice and the frequency of the calls.
Choose External-Admin, Setup, and Times. From the Times menu, you have the
choices of Regular and Intervals.
You must choose either the Intervals option or the Regular option. You
cannot use both of them.
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The Regular option allows you to specify a time span that must elapse
before your postoffice will make a connection to the external postoffice to
send mail.
For example, let's assume that the last connection to the external
postoffice was at 12:03. It took 20 minutes to send the mail and the
regular time interval was specified to be 30 minutes. The next connection
attempt to the external postoffice would be at 12:53 (12:03 + 20 minutes +
30 minutes), providing your postoffice had mail to send. If there was no
mail to send, there would be no connection attempt.
You should choose this option if you anticipate that a large volume of mail
will be sent to this postoffice throughout the day.
Intervals
The Intervals command allows you to set specific time intervals during the
day that mail will be sent to the external postoffice. During the times
that you specify, the system will check for mail to be sent to the external
postoffice.
Intervals should be chosen when you need to call long distance to exchange
mail with a postoffice on a network in another city. This is because
Intervals lets you block out calling altogether during certain times of the
day such as peak-toll charge hours.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/11/1999 |
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| Keywords: | KB77545 |
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