MICROSOFT EXCHANGE RELEASE NOTES FOR WINDOWS 95 FINAL BETA 
 
This document covers Microsoft Exchange and the following providers: 
CompuServe and Microsoft Mail. It does not cover information specific 
to using Microsoft Exchange with Microsoft At Work Fax or 
The Microsoft Network. 
 
 
WHAT IS MICROSOFT EXCHANGE? 
 
Microsoft Exchange enables you to send and receive electronic mail (e-mail)
messages, messages with inserted documents, and faxes. It also provides 
rich viewing of the objects you store in it. Information services available 
with this beta of Windows 95 include Microsoft Mail version 3.2, 
FAX, CompuServe, and The Microsoft Network. Note that 
a Microsoft Mail Workgroup Postoffice is included in this 
version of Windows 95. See "Creating and Using a Microsoft Mail 
Workgroup Postoffice" later in this document. 
 
 
BEFORE INSTALLING 
 
Minimum Hardware Requirements 
 
Microsoft Exchange runs on the minimum hardware platform for Windows 95.
However, it is recommended that you have at least 6 megabytes (MB) of RAM 
for good performance in this beta.  
 
In addition, computers using Microsoft Exchange in this beta should have at 
least 7 MB of hard disk space available for the swap file. 
 
Using Microsoft Exchange with Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0 
 
Microsoft Exchange is designed to work with Schedule+ 2.0, which may not 
be available yet. When Microsoft Exchange is installed, it will 
partially disable Schedule+ 1.0. You will still be able to use 
Schedule+ 1.0 in standalone mode, but you will not be 
able to send or receive meeting requests. When starting 
Schedule+ 1.0, you will see an error message that notifies 
you that the Mail Spooler cannot be started. Click Yes
to continue, and Schedule+ 1.0 will continue to load. 
 
Disabling the Mail Spooler is accomplished by changing MAILSPL.EXE to 
MAILSPL.BAK and by putting a StartupOffline=1 line into SCHDPLUS.INI. 
 
Note: There is no message warning users that these changes are made. 
 
Using Microsoft Exchange with Microsoft Mail  
 
Microsoft Exchange is designed to replace the Microsoft Mail application 
that comes with Windows for Workgroups and Microsoft Mail version 3.x.
After installing Microsoft Exchange, you will no longer be able 
to run Microsoft Mail, but you will be able to use Microsoft Exchange 
to send and receive messages. 
 
Upgrading from Windows 95 M7 or Later 
 
You can install Microsoft Exchange with Windows 95 Final Beta over an 
existing Windows 95 setup. Microsoft Exchange replaces the Microsoft 
Exchange desktop icon of the M7 version of Windows 95 with an Inbox 
desktop icon. This new icon starts Microsoft Exchange and takes 
you directly to your Inbox. You will need to recreate your settings for 
your information services, however. Additionally, there is only 
partial compatibility with earlier versions of a Personal 
Information Store and Personal Address Book. For information 
about using existing Personal Information Stores and 
Personal Address Books, see "Upgrading a Previous 
Personal Information Store" and "Using Microsoft 
Exchange with a Personal Address Book" later in this document. 
 
Using Microsoft Exchange with Windows 95 M7 Info Center 
 
There is no interoperability between M7 and the 337 releases.  You cannot 
send or receive messages to or from mismatched Windows 95 releases.  
Upgrade all M7 Microsoft Exchange users simultaneously to use Microsoft 
Exchange in build 337. 
 
 
INSTALLATION 
 
Microsoft Exchange is not installed on Windows 95 by default.  To install 
Microsoft Exchange, choose the Custom Setup option when running Setup.  
When you are provided with a list of components, you must select Microsoft 
Exchange from the list. You may also want to select and install one of the 
following services that use Microsoft Exchange: Microsoft At Work Fax 
or The Microsoft Network, or CompuServe Mail. 
 
You can also install Microsoft Exchange after you have completed
installation of Windows 95 by using the Add/Remove Programs 
control panel. After installation, you must shut down and restart 
Windows 95. 
 
When you install Windows 95 or use Microsoft Exchange for the first time,
the Microsoft Exchange Setup Wizard will be started. The Wizard is 
also started each time you add a new profile in the Microsoft 
Exchange Profiles control panel. 
 
Important: Your M7 profile will not work with this beta; you should delete 
it. 
 
 
USING MICROSOFT EXCHANGE 
 
You can add functionality to Microsoft Exchange by using additional 
information services. This document includes sections specifically 
written for users of the following services: Microsoft Mail, The 
Microsoft Network, Microsoft At Work Fax, and CompuServe. 
 
Configuring Services 
 
Your Microsoft Exchange services are initially configured when you run the 
Microsoft Exchange Setup Wizard. Later, you can modify settings for these 
services in either of two ways: 
 
Open Microsoft Exchange, and select Options from the Tools menu. Next, 
click the Services tab. Select the service you want to configure, 
and click the Properties button. 
 
Open the Microsoft Exchange Profiles control panel. Select the profile that 
you want to modify, and click Edit. Select the service you want to configure,
and click the Properties button. 
 
Note: Changes to some tabs do not take effect until you restart Microsoft 
Exchange.  There is no dialog box  to warn you of this. 
 
General Microsoft Exchange Limitations 
 
Printing 
Microsoft Exchange will not print in landscape format. 
 
Exiting and restarting Windows 
If you attempt to exit Windows when Microsoft Exchange is running, you 
will be logged off from Windows. However, if you have selected the Restart 
or Shut Down options in Windows NT or Windows 95, the action will not
be carried out. 
 
Cutting and pasting 
If you have a Subject line with more than 267 characters and you choose the 
Copy command on the Edit menu, Microsoft Exchange will crash. 
 
Message size 
When a large message is sent, Microsoft Exchange may report that the file 
is smaller than its actual size. 
 
Folder views 
Creating a new Normal view or editing the original will result in two 
Normal views. You cannot change the name of the default Normal view. 
 
Sorting 
In the Advanced dialog box for the Sort command, the "Not" is not being 
applied if subject importance is selected. 
 
Deleting messages 
Mail that is moved to the desktop will not be deleted by opening it and
clicking the Delete button.  
 
Finding items 
The status bar sometimes displays the wrong number of items found after a 
search is completed. Searches for a Subject that contain certain types of 
strings may not work correctly. When searching for attachments in a Find 
window, a document may show up twice. 
 
Saving messages 
Microsoft Exchange will produce the wrong error message when attempting 
to save messages to a write-protected disk. 
 
Help 
Some Help buttons don't work or bring up the wrong Help topics. 
 
Changing service settings 
Some settings of some services are not updated automatically. You may 
need to exit and log out, and restart Microsoft Exchange for the setting 
to take effect. 
 
Schedule+ 1.0 meeting requests 
You cannot open or reply to Schedule+ version 1.0 Meeting Requests. 
 
Progress dialog boxes 
There are several known limitations with progress dialog boxes. Some do not 
update, and some are currently inaccurate. 
 
Using Microsoft Exchange with a Personal Information Store 
 
A Personal Information Store, or PST, is used to store messages, documents, 
and other items. It is similar to a small database that can be put on your 
computer or in another location. 
 
When configuring your PST, you will see a dialog box titled "Create/Open 
Personal Information Store," which asks you to locate your PST. This file 
contains all the messages that people send you. 
 
When you install Windows 95 and use the Microsoft Exchange Setup 
Wizard, a PST is created for you by default in the EXCHANGE directory.  
 
Upgrading a Previous Personal Information Store 
 
If you have an earlier version of the PST (pre-305), you will not be able 
to use it. However, there is a conversion tool installed in the \WINDOWS 
directory that performs the conversion. 
 
The following summarizes which Windows 95 versions match which PST versions: 
 
	M7	PST v18 
	305	PST v19 
	324	PST v19 
	M8	PST v19 
 
To upgrade your PST: 
 
1. Locate your PST (the default location is \EXCHANGE\MAILBOX.PST) and type:  
 
	PSTVER filename.PST 
 
This will tell you which version your PST is (16, 17, 18, or 19). 
 
2. If you have a version 18 PST, you will need to upgrade it to a version 19 
PST.If you already have a version 19 PST, you do not need to do anything. 
 
3. Upgrading your PST involves exporting the PST into an intermediate format 
(PSX), then re-importing the PSX into the new PST format.  Your old PST 
is automatically renamed during the import, and the conversion is 
nondestructive. When you run the export and import utilities, you will 
see a progress bar indicating how much longer the import or export 
will take.  This process requires about three times the amount 
of disk space that your PST currently uses. 
 
4. To upgrade a version 18 PST, go to the directory that contains your PST 
and type the following: 
 
	PST18UPG -x  filename.PST 
	PST19UPG -I  filename.PSX 
 
5. After you are finished and successfully looked at your translated 
messages, you can delete your old filename.BAK and filename.PSX 
files; this allows you to reclaim your disk space. 
 
If your PST is not in the default location (\EXCHANGE\MAILBOX.PST), you 
can configure your Personal Information Store service to use this file by 
changing the File Path to point to it. To do this: 
 
	1. Open Microsoft Exchange. 
	2. Click on the Options command in the Tools menu. 
	3. Click on the Services tab. 
	4. Select the Personal Information Store service, and then 
	click the Edit button. 
 
Using Microsoft Exchange with a Personal Address Book 
 
The Personal Address Book (PAB) stores address information that can be used 
with any messaging system to which you have access. Normally, a PAB is 
created automatically when you run the Microsoft Exchange Setup Wizard. 
 
If you have an earlier version of the PAB (pre-305), you will not be able to 
use it.  A conversion utility will be available on CompuServe in the WINBTU 
forum when Windows 95 M8 ships. 
 
 
USING MICROSOFT EXCHANGE WITH MICROSOFT MAIL 
 
If you are currently using Microsoft Mail, then you already use an existing 
postoffice. If you do not know if you have access to a postoffice, ask your 
network administrator. If you do not have an existing Microsoft 
Mail postoffice, you can create a Workgroup Postoffice 
(see "Creating and Using a Microsoft Mail Workgroup Postoffice" 
later in this document). 
 
The Microsoft Mail information service allows the Microsoft Exchange 
client to communicate with a Workgroup Postoffice, a Microsoft Mail 3.2 
postoffice, or a Microsoft Mail 3.0 postoffice. 
 
Note: Shared folders have been removed from this product. 
 
General Limitations 
 
Microsoft Mail service 
When starting mail, if you get an error saying that access is denied to your 
mail server, this is usually because you have not logged on to the network.  
This can be fixed in the network control panel. 
 
If you are running the Microsoft Mail transport on a Novell NetWare 3.11 
server and occasionally get an error message about KEY or MBG files being
locked on the server, add the following value to your registry under 
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENT CONTROL SET\SERVICES\ VXD\NWREDIR: 
 
	SupportLFN= 0 
 
Remote usage with the Microsoft Mail service 
This new version has remote capabilities that enable you to connect remotely 
to your postoffice by using Dial-up Networking and a RAS server.  The 
following are known issues with the Microsoft Mail service: 
 
You must specifically configure Microsoft Mail for your style of remote 
usage; by default, it is configured for the telecommuter case.  
Consider which of the following two models most closely fit 
your usage pattern before you start the Microsoft Exchange 
client to use it remotely. 
 
Telecommuter 
Telecommuters typically use their Remote Access connection for more than 
just mail and keep the connection open for longer than just the time to 
upload and download mail. For these users, the following settings are 
recommended: 
 
On the Remote Config tab, click Use Local AB. 
On the Remote Config tab, click Use Remote Preview. 
On the Remote Session tab, uncheck all boxes. 
 
Mail Only 
The Mail Only user is interested in sending and receiving mail, and 
keeping the remote connection time as short as possible. For these users, 
the following settings are recommended: 
 
On the Remote Config tab, click Use Local AB. 
On the Remote Config tab, click Use Remote Preview. 
On the Remote Session tab, only click After Sending And Receiving 
   Items, After Retrieving Item Headers, and When You Exit. 
On the RAS tab, click the RAS connection you want to use to dial up 
   the network. 
 
Microsoft Mail Remote 
Even if you are connected (as in the Telecommuter case), and you attempt to 
send or receive mail, you will still be prompted to specify which connection 
you would like to use.  Ignore the connection here; it has no effect if you 
are already connected. 
 
Downloaded Address Books contain only postoffice and external postoffice 
address lists. 
 
If you are using a Microsoft Mail 3.0 or Microsoft Mail 3.2 postoffice, you 
must have EXTERNAL.EXE running against that postoffice to deliver 
mail remotely. 
 
Dial-up Networking will prompt you for a password every time to attempt to 
connect.  To automate this, start the RAS connection outside mail, and 
click the Remember Password check box. 
 
The Microsoft Mail service remote viewer does not support the To or 
Sensitivity columns in the remote viewer. 
 
Before you can use the local Address Book, you must choose 
Tools.Download Address Book.  Also, you must configure at least one 
remote user on the postoffice using ADMIN.EXE.  From time to time, you 
need to regenerate the remote Address Book download file on the server 
using ADMIN.EXE. 
 
If you use Microsoft Mail remotely and have recently switched Microsoft 
Mail postoffices, or your mailbox name has changed, you will need to 
delete the MSREMOTE.SFS directory from your WINDOWS directory.
The information in this directory is not valid when you switch postoffices, 
and the code to do this for you is not currently working. 
 
 
USING MICROSOFT EXCHANGE WITH COMPUSERVE 
 
The CompuServe information service enables you to connect to 
CompuServe by using the Microsoft Exchange client and to send and 
receive mail.  The CompuServe service is not installed automatically 
during Windows 95 Setup.  You must select Microsoft Exchange via 
the Custom Setup option at the beginning of Windows 95 Setup, or you 
can add Microsoft Exchange later via the Control Panel applet for adding 
software. 
 
What's New 
 
Single service 
The CompuServe Mail transport and CompuServe Address Book have 
been merged into a single service called "CompuServe Mail." 
 
Support for Remote Preview  
CompuServe now supports Remote Preview in the Microsoft Exchange 
client.  Users can preview the headers of incoming mail, control 
connection and disconnection, and mark messages for transfer, copy, or 
deletion. 
 
General Limitations 
 
Deliver Mail Now command 
When you click Deliver Mail Now while using another LAN transport, you 
are asked if you want to connect to CompuServe even when you just want
to receive your LAN mail.  Currently, there is no way to turn this off. 
 
Only one configuration per workstation 
Currently, the CompuServe service uses a single .TXT file to store modem 
and logon configuration information.  This means that different profiles 
will use the same configuration information, and that different profiles 
using the CompuServe service can overwrite the logon and/or 
modem configuration information. 
 
Remote transport interface 
The message count for the number of messages to download and/or 
delete is sometimes incorrect.  You can ignore this. When the Remote Preview 
window is first displayed, the status bar indicator for the last 
connection will have an incorrect date and time. 
 
Help files 
In this beta, the Help files for CompuServe Mail do not reflect all the 
recent changes to the CompuServe service, and some Help buttons 
don't display the correct topic. 
 
 
CREATING AND USING A MICROSOFT MAIL WORKGROUP POSTOFFICE 
 
A Workgroup Postoffice is included with this version of Windows 95.
The Workgroup Postoffice can be used to send and receive mail with other 
users in your workgroup.  The utility used to create it can be 
found in the control panel, and it is called "Microsoft Mail Postoffice." 
 
Once you have created a Workgroup Postoffice, you must administer it 
and add all users who will want to access the Workgroup Postoffice.  
You must also share the Workgroup Postoffice directory once it has 
been created. Your workgroup should have only a single Workgroup Postoffice. 
 
Clients connect to the Workgroup Postoffice by double-clicking the 
Microsoft Exchange icon on the desktop, clicking the Microsoft Mail 
service, typing in the path to the Workgroup Postoffice in the 
Postoffice Path box, selecting the account from the list, and typing the 
password for the account. 
 
The Workgroup Postoffice in Windows 95 is identical in structure to that 
contained in the Windows for Workgroups and the Windows NT 
operating systems, so if you were previously using those operating 
systems, there is no need to change your postoffice. 
 
Note the following restrictions on the current Workgroup Postoffice: 
 
When you create a Workgroup Postoffice, you must specify an existing 
directory.  A directory called WGPO0000 will be created within this 
directory and will contain the Workgroup Postoffice. 
 
Immediately after you create a Workgroup Postoffice, you are not given  
the opportunity to add users, and you have to run the Workgroup Postoffice 
control panel application a second time to add users to the 
Workgroup Postoffice. 
 
When you administer a Workgroup Postoffice, you must specify the 
full path to it, including the WGPO0000 directory. 
 
After you create a Workgroup Postoffice, you must share its directory 
so that others in your workgroup can use it. 
 
All user accounts on a Workgroup Postoffice must be created using the 
administration utility; users cannot be added to the Workgroup Postoffice 
by using the client. 
 
 
CONVERTING MAIL 3.X MMF FILES TO PERSONAL INFORMATION STORES 
 
When you run the Microsoft Exchange Setup Wizard and you are currently 
using Microsoft Mail version 3 or 3.2, or Mail in Windows for Workgroups, 
the Setup Wizard offers to convert your current messages, which are stored 
in a file with an .MMF extension. 
 
In the previous betas of Windows 95, MMFs were converted using 
Start.Programs.Accessories.System Tools.Mail File Converter.  This 
option has been removed. 
 
If you have additional files of messages that you want to convert, you can 
do so by choosing File.Import Mail Message. 
 
Migrating will leave your original MMF intact and will copy the messages
into a new Microsoft Exchange information store. 
 
Note that MMF migration does not migrate messages that are in the 
Outbox, Non Delivery Reports, or Schedule+ messages. 
 
 
USING MICROSOFT EXCHANGE WITH FILE.SEND 
 
Microsoft Exchange can be used with many other software packages 
that support the File.Send command. 
 
A known limitation with File.Send is that Microsoft Project 4.0 does not 
work with the Microsoft Mail transport if the sender's mailbox name is a 
subset of another mailbox name (for example, jsmith and 
jsmithers).  After choosing File.AddRoutingSlip, the user gets the error: 
 
	A mail error has occurred.  Make sure 'friendly names' are 
	enabled if your mail server supports them. 
 
 
THE MAPI SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT (SDK) 
 
There is no new MAPI SDK included with this release of Windows 95. 
Updated headers and libraries will be posted on CompuServe so that 
developers can update their code to work on this release of Windows 95. 

