The Windows Messaging System (WMS) for Windows 95 and Windows 98 should be
considered an update of the messaging subsystem of the operating system.
WMS installs an updated set of Messaging Application Programming Interface
(MAPI) .dlls from the set that was installed with the original-release of
Windows 95.
Because this update is needed in order to allow certain MAPI-related
functions and up-to-date controls to function properly (Collaboration Data
Objects [CDO], for example), many Independent Software Vendors (ISV) have
inquired about licensing the right to redistribute WMS.
The following URL takes you to a Microsoft Web page that allows an ISV to
register for the right to redistribute the Windows 95 implementation of
WMS:
In an effort to ensure that WMS is being redistributed only in conjunction
with a developed product, the licensing process requests a name and brief
description of the product with which WMS will be distributed.
If the ISV does not want to provide this information, for whatever reason,
or if you are seeking a copy of WMS for personal use rather than the right
to redistribute WMS, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
177854 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/177854/EN-US/) How to Acquire the Windows 95 Exchange Inbox Update (Exupdusa.exe)
This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
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