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From: Technical Support <support@pmail.gen.nz>
To: New Pegasus Mail User
Subject: Pegasus Mail and WINSOCK.DLL
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 13:18:00 +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.
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.
If you are using Windows 95, there are three possible solutions
that will allow the Microsoft WINSOCK.DLL to dial correctly:
a) Purchase the Microsoft "Plus!" pack for Windows 95: this add-on
contains proper dial-on-demand support for Windows 95.
b) Download a freeware program called DUNCE: the program is
available from http://www.cjnetworks.com/~vecdev/vector/
c) Download Microsoft's "ISDN Accelerator Pack v1.1", available
from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/isdn.htm
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.