A.1 Synchronizing your E-mail Archives

Depending on the file structure used for archiving your e-mail files, you might be able to use Novell iFolder to synchronize your e-mail accounts among your workstations.

A.1.1 GroupWise Files

WARNING:Do not try to synchronize your GroupWise® archive by setting a GroupWise archive path to the location of your iFolder directory. If you do this, the iFolder client will corrupt the GroupWise archive. This happens because iFolder does not synchronize files as a set and GroupWise needs the files in the archive to be maintained as a set of files.

A.1.2 Microsoft Outlook Files

To move the default location of your Microsoft Outlook* e-mail files to your local iFolder directory:

  1. Create a folder called outlook in your local iFolder directory.

  2. Click Start > Search > For Files and Folders, then enter pst to identify the location of your Outlook e-mail archive files.

  3. Close Outlook, then locate and move the PST files to the outlook folder you created.

  4. Open Outlook.

    A message appears to report the PST as missing.

  5. Type the path to the outlook folder you created, or click Browse to navigate to the PST file.

  6. Click OK.

A.1.3 Microsoft Outlook Express Files

To move the default location of your Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail files to your local iFolder directory:

  1. Create a folder in your local iFolder directory called outlook_express.

  2. Click Start > Search > For Files and Folders, then enter dbx to identify the location of your Outlook Express e-mail archive files.

  3. Close Outlook Express, then locate and move the DBX files to the outlook_express folder you created.

  4. Open Outlook Express.

  5. Click Tools > Options > Maintenance > Store Folder > Change, then navigate to the new outlook_express folder in the iFolder directory.

  6. Click OK three times.

A.1.4 Netscape Communicator Files

To move your Netscape e-mail files to your local iFolder directory:

  1. Create a folder called netscape_mail in your local iFolder directory.

  2. Locate your Netscape Communicator* e-mail files. Typically, these are located in c:\program files\netscape\users\userid\mail.

  3. Close Netscape Communicator, then copy and paste the files and folders in the mail folder to the netscape_mail folder you created.

  4. Open Netscape Communicator.

  5. Click Edit > Preferences > Mail & Newsgroups > Mail Servers > Local Mail Directory.

  6. Click Choose, then navigate to the netscape_mail folder you created.

  7. Click OK, then click OK again.