With the previous versions of Windows (95,98, NT4), Microsoft supplied the possibility to
create a "Microsoft Postoffice" for a small company e-mail system.
Windows 2000 does NOT include anymore this feature
(I think, that MS assumes that everybody either uses now the MS Exchange Server or a POP3 e-mail system
based on the new Internet standard )
However: if you have such an e-mail system on an NT4-system and you like to upgrade to
Windows2000, you can continue to use the MS-Mail Post-office.
This information was provided by:
Joe Jones
New Hampshire CAD http://www.nhcad.com
Lebanon, NH 03766
Mechanical Design and Custom Programming
SolidWorks Research Partner
Online SolidWorks API Tutorial
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 | To be able to identify the files without any doubt, I configure Windows Explorer in the Folder Options, tab View to "Display the full path in the address bar" and NOT to "Hide file Extensions for known file types" |
Since Windows2000 does NOT include anymore the feature to create/administer the
"MS Mail Postoffice", you need to copy the files from the Windows NT4 installation CD-ROM:
 | In the directory "I386" on the NT4 installation CD-ROM, locate the files: - WGPOADMN.DL_ - WGPOCPL.CP_ and copy them to the SYSTEM32-directory of your Windows system. |
Then open a Command-Prompt Windows, switch to the SYSTEM32 directory:
- CD WINNT\SYSTEM32
and expand the files copied from the NT4 CD-ROM:
- expand wgpoadmn.dl_ wgpoadmn.dll
- expand wgpocpl.cp_ wgpocpl.cpl
You have now access in your Control-Panel to the applet for "Microsoft Mail Postoffice":
you can now create/administer a Microsoft Mail Postoffice.