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- From: Technical Support <support@pmail.gen.nz>
- To: New Pegasus Mail User
- Subject: Pegasus Mail and WINSOCK.DLL
- Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 18:40:41 +1200
-
- Pegasus Mail has full support for direct Internet e-mail using the
- TCP/IP networking protocols. These protocols are supported by a
- special Windows module called WINSOCK.DLL, which should either have
- been supplied with your copy of Windows, or else by your Internet
- Service Provider. Unfortunately, the quality of WINSOCK.DLL
- implementations varies widely and some may cause problems when used
- with Pegasus Mail. This message covers common problems when using
- Pegasus Mail for Internet mail with WINSOCK.DLL.
-
- >> The options for WINSOCK-based Internet mail that are supposed to
- >> be in the Pegasus Mail "File" menu aren't there.
-
- Pegasus Mail cannot find your WINSOCK.DLL, or WSOCK32.DLL file
- if you are using the 32-bit version of the program. Make sure this
- DLL is on the path, in the \WINDOWS directory or in the
- \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory of your computer.
-
- >> When I send an Internet message, Pegasus Mail gives me a funny
- >> error message about the address being ambiguous and asks me to
- >> use an "IN: or MHS: override".
-
- Pegasus Mail cannot find your WINSOCK.DLL, or WSOCK32.DLL file
- if you are using the 32-bit version of the program. Make sure this
- DLL is on the path, in the \WINDOWS directory or in the
- \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory of your computer.
-
- >> I have to establish a connection manually before attempting to
- >> read my mail - Pegasus Mail won't do it automatically.
- >>
- >> I have to hangup my connection manually after Pegasus Mail has
- >> downloaded my mail - it doesn't do it automatically.
-
- Dialling is controlled by WINSOCK.DLL, not by Pegasus Mail. Some
- implementations, particularly the Dial-up Networking provided with
- Windows 95, simply don't do this properly. If you don't get proper
- dialling from your WINSOCK.DLL, contact the vendor who supplied it
- to you and see if they have a more recent version that does.
-
- The 32-bit version of Pegasus Mail has a number of options for
- handling dialling - click the "Dialling" button on the "Network
- Configuration" page to access these.
-
- Note that because of bugs in Microsoft's code, the Windows 95
- WINSOCK.DLL will never autodial correctly if you use the 16-bit
- version of Pegasus Mail (or any other 16-bit WINSOCK application,
- for that matter). You must use the 32-bit version of Pegasus Mail
- before the Microsoft dialler will work correctly.
-
- >> When I try to send a message using Pegasus Mail I get a dialog
- >> from Windows complaining about a program error.
-
- Your WINSOCK.DLL probably does not properly support the high-
- performance features Pegasus Mail uses. You can tell Pegasus
- Mail to use lower-performance features of your WINSOCK.DLL by
- changing the WinPMail command line to "WINPMAIL -Z 1024". (The
- commandline is one of the properties of the Windows Icon you
- double-click to run the program). Note that this workaround will
- produce slower performance, and you should really contact the
- vendor who supplied your WINSOCK.DLL and ask for a version that
- corrects the problem.
-
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