Accessing NetMail Using the GroupWise Collaboration Client

NOTE:  To perform the steps in this section, you must have also completed all the instructions in Install the GroupWise 6.5 Collaboration Client.

Create a NetMail Account

1. At the Windows workstation with the GroupWise^® Collaboration client installed, launch the client by double-clicking the GroupWise desktop icon.

   IMPORTANT:  If you have not previously set up remote dialing on the computer, a dialog is launched that prompts for a country and area code. To continue with the client setup, specify the requested information. Doing so will not affect the GroupWise client.

2. Answer Yes to the prompt to create the database path.

3. In the Create Account dialog box, type ajohns as the name for the account.

4. In the Account Type drop-down list, select IMAP4.

5. Click Next.

6. In the Incoming field, type the full DNS name or IP address of the NNLS server.

7. In the Login Name field, type ajohns.

8. Click the next two fields to automatically populate them with the correct information.

9. In the From Name field, type Arnold Johns.

10. Click Next > Next.

11. Using the Up and Down buttons, position the new folder relative to those that already exist.

    For example, move it to the top of the list.

12. Click Finish.

Access the NetMail Account

1. In the GroupWise client, click the ajohns account you created in the previous procedure.

2. Log in to the NetMail server using the eDirectory username and password.

   There might be a momentary delay while the database is populated on the local hard drive.

3. In the left pane, click the Inbox icon .

   Notice that the messages and the appointment created earlier appear in the right pane.

For more information about using the GroupWise Collaboration Client with the NetMail server, click Help > What's New in the GroupWise client.