PC Adm: The Microsoft Mail Administrator Program and MS-DOS Virtual Machines (157003)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2
  • Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.5
This article was previously published under Q157003

SUMMARY

Running the Microsoft Mail Administrator program under an MS-DOS virtual machine (VDM) is supported; however, just as with any application being run under a VDM, it is susceptible to causing corruption to the postoffice under certain situations.

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Any networked MS-DOS application that relies on the sophisticated file I/O caching of a VDM could potentially experience file corruption because of one of the following:
  • Closing the VDM without properly closing down the MS-DOS application running in its window.
  • Ungracefully shutting the power down to a computer that has a running MS-DOS application under a VDM.
  • Faulty networking hardware or network card device drivers that do not properly handle I/O requests from the network and return improper values to the MS-DOS application.
When you run the Microsoft Mail Administrator program under a VDM in Microsoft Windows, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, or Windows NT, the following rules should be followed to prevent any corruption to the Microsoft Mail 3.x postoffice database files:
  • Always shut down the Administrator program by first pressing the ESCAPE (ESC) key, and then pressing Y, and then closing the VDM window.
  • If you are experiencing problems performing normal Administrator functions under a VDM, try performing the same task in a VDM on another workstation or from a native MS-DOS workstation.
  • If the problems persist, contact Microsoft Technical Support.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/29/2004
Keywords:KB157003
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