Hello, Chris.
On Sunday, September 17, 2000, 3:01:34 AM, you wrote:
> Keith Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [To replace or not to replace MAPI32.DLL?]
>> 1. Why? How can TB intercept MAPI requests if it doesn't replace the
>> existing DLL? I find that I get different results depending on
>> whether or not I've installed the TB version (see below).
> Hm, AFAIK there's a registry value which is checked:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\The
> Bat!\DLLPath="%TBDir%\TBMAPI.dll"
Yes, but I also have corresponding entries for Eudora, Outlook
Express, and Hotmail (?!). What would determine which one is used?
>> 2. As far as I can tell, the /InstallMAPI parameter just replaces
>> MAPI32.DLL in \windows\system with TBMAPI.DLL (renaming it at the same
>> time). Has anyone found anything else that it does?
> Well, that's what I've noticed as well. But I "fixed" this when
> running "%WinSystemDir%\Fixmapi.exe" (FIXMAPI 1.0 MAPI Repair Tool)
> which copied MAPIStub.dll over MAPI32.dll again, thus restoring the
> original Microsoft MAPI DLL.
But none of my versions of MAPI32.DLL are the same size as
MAPIStub.dll....
>> 6. Is it possible that "send link by E-mail is not a MAPI request at
>> all? Have we been testing the wrong thing?
> I do think it uses MAPI because *every* time MAPI is called by an
> application on my system, the famous ding sound is played! So, when I
> choose "Send page/link by e-mail..." in IE (5.5), "ding" and TB pops
> up with a message creation window.
I don't get any ding. Maybe this is an NT thing?
>> 7. Some users report being prompted for which TB account to use;
>> others do not. I have never seen this prompt; my default (first)
>> account is always used. Does anybody know why this is? Could this be
>> OS specific?
> I do not get this prompt. Maybe it depends on if you've chosen an
> account as the default for "mailto:" URLs?
Yes! At least I have one answer. I had "This account is the default
for 'mailto:' URLs" checked for my main account. I unchecked it, and
now I am prompted.
>> 8. A mention was made of "Send to Mail Recipient MAPI" when right
>> clicking in Explorer. I have never seen the word "MAPI" in this
>> context. Is this also maybe OS dependent? Are those seeing this
>> wording possibly using NT or 2000? (I'm using 98.)
> This depends on how the link in "%WinDir%\SendTo" (or
> "%ProfileDir%\SendTo") is called - on my system (German WinNT) it's
> "E-Mail-Empf�nger.MAPIMail". The filename part can be changed, the
> extension has to be "MAPIMail".
Interesting. The Eudora MAPI FAQ says that this is a shortcut to
Exchange. On my system, it doesn't look like a shortcut at all, and
it's identified as a "MAPIMail File"--HexEdit shows it to be an empty
file 8-~. Sure enough, though, I am able
to change the name to whatever I want.
If anyone can explain this to me, I'd appreciate it.
This does appear to be an NT/98 difference.
>> 9. Chris and Andreas, I assume that you tested ZipMagic and WinZip
>> with the "Zip and send to/email" context menu choice; is that correct?
>> If so, I can confirm that both work.
> WinZip also has an entry "Mail Archive..." in the menu "File". I
> didn't test "Zip and E-Mail" because I wasn't aware of such an option.
Ah...found it. It also works.
>> 12. Just curious--What are NotePad Pro and TextPad?
> The latter definitely is one of the best text editors around
> (www.textpad.com). It supports syntax highlighting, spell checking,
> sorting, regex search/replace and a lot more. Interestingly, there's
> an option whether to send a text file as the message text or as an
> attachment to the message.
Thanks. I'll check it out.
Thanks a lot for the very helpful reply!
Keith
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