4.5 Kontact for GroupWise Users

If you are used to working in GroupWise, you should have very little trouble adjusting to Kontact. The two programs share many concepts and provide many of the same services. This section discusses notable terminology differences, as well as some tips to help GroupWise users make the most of Kontact.

Table 4-1 Kontact and GroupWise Terminology Differences

GroupWise

Kontact

Appointments

Events

Busy search

Free/Busy

Notes

Journal entries

Posted, nonposted items

An event without attendees is posted. If an event has attendees, it is a Sent item.

Tasks

To-dos

4.5.1 Accessing GroupWise Mail Account

Accessing your GroupWise server is not very different from accessing an IMAP or POP3 server. Proceed as follows:

  1. Start Kontact and select the mail component (KMail).

  2. Choose Settings > Configure KMail from the menu.

  3. Select Accounts.

  4. Create an new account with Add.

  5. Choose your account type. In most cases your GroupWise account is IMAP.

  6. Enter your login, password and hostname and proceed with OK.

4.5.2 Accessing GroupWise Calendar

To access your GroupWise calendar through Kontact, proceed as follows:

  1. Start Kontact and open the calendar view (KOrganizer).

  2. Click on Add. You find this button on the lower left corner.

  3. Choose Novell GroupWise Server and proceed with OK.

  4. Enter your name, URL, user and password. The URL is your GroupWise server, for example https://groupwise.example.com:7191/soap.

  5. Apply your settings with OK and leave the configuration dialog. The calendar view now includes your GroupWise calendar entries.

4.5.3 Tips for GroupWise Users

This section contains hints to help GroupWise users work with some of the differences between GroupWise and Kontact:

Contact Information

You can add your GroupWise Messenger and e-mail contacts to your Kontact contact information. Then you can create an e-mail or open an instant messaging session with that contact by right-clicking the name in the Contact view.

Color Coding

It is helpful to color code GroupWise items, as well as items from other sources. Color coding makes it easy to scan your e-mails, contacts, and other information for items from a particular source.

Inviting Attendees to Events

Unlike GroupWise, Kontact does not automatically enter you as an attendee for events you schedule. Make sure that you remember to invite yourself.