7.2 Novell GroupWise: Granting Access to the Mail Server

Email Accelerator accesses Novell® GroupWise mailboxes using a GroupWise user account or a trusted application account. To set up access, create, or modify the GroupWise profile settings, and then assign the profile to appropriate groups (or users).

  1. From the console tree, expand the following:

    • Intellisync Mobile Suite
    • Profile Settings
    • Email Accelerator Settings
    • Novell GroupWise Settings

  2. Select the profile you want to modify.

  3. Click Action > Properties.

    Novell GroupWise Access Settings dialog box

  4. Make selctions or edit the information, then click OK.

For more information, see Section 4.0, Profile Settings or online Help.

7.2.1 Accessing GroupWise Using a GroupWise User Account

Authenticating against a user’s GroupWise user account is the most secure approach for authenticating with the GroupWise Mobile Server machine and then accessing the PIM and e-mail server. With this option, the GroupWise Mobile Server machine authenticates users based on the user’s GroupWise account credentials. To connect, the user must provide the GroupWise user name and password.

When a user connects for the first time, the GroupWise Mobile Server machine automatically creates a new user account based on the user’s GroupWise account credentials. Therefore, manually creating a user account using the Intellisync Mobile Suite control is not necessary. This feature, called auto discovery, automatically discovers the user’s mailbox name and GroupWise server and adds the user name to the list in the Intellisync Mobile Suite control. There is no need to manually add information to the properties for the user. Auto discovery is not available with Intellisync Authentication. GroupWise authentication is recommended for most situations.

7.2.2 Accessing GroupWise Using a Trusted Application

If you are using GroupWise Authentication to authenticate users with the GroupWise Mobile Server machine, you can also access the GroupWise server using a trusted application. A trusted application has full access rights to the Novell GroupWise server and every user’s mailbox. The trusted application must be registered on the Novell GroupWise domain with which it is synchronized. When a user requests e-mail, this account has the authority to retrieve the user’s messages. The same applies when a user requests any other operation on e-mail messages, including deletions. Using Intellisync Mobile Suite as an intermediary is transparent to the user. Using a trusted application to access the mail server access is simple and easy to manage.

For information on how to create a GroupWise Trusted Application with GroupWise and GroupWise Mobile Server, see Creating a Trusted Application With GroupWise.