How NetMail and the GroupWise Client Work
The information in this section provides a high-level overview of the messaging services available in NNLS. It is designed to acquaint you with the default functionality available after you perform an NNLS installation.
Novell Nterprise Linux Services includes
Novell NetMail 3.5: A flexible and powerful e-mail solution that promotes collaboration within your organization and can easily scale to match your organization's growth.
NetMail 3.5 provides
IMPORTANT: NetMail 3.5 is a feature-rich e-mail product that is both powerful and flexible. It isn't possible to illustrate its many features and configuration possibilities in an overview. However, some of these are introduced in Implementation Suggestions, and the Novell NetMail 3.5 Administration Guide contains extensive detail about all the features included in NetMail 3.5.
Novell GroupWise 6.5 Collaboration Client: This GroupWise client includes some customizations for working with the NetMail 3.5 e-mail server. For more information, see GroupWise Collaboration Client.
If you already know that you want to provide e-mail services from your NNLS server and you understand how NetMail 3.5 and the Collaboration Client work, skip this overview and continue with Planning Instructions.
Figure 8 illustrates the e-mail functionality that is available following an NNLS and GroupWise client installation and completion of the required NetMail post-install configuration tasks outlined in Implementation Suggestions.
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How NetMail and the GroupWise Client Work
This section summarizes feature enhancements and changes in NNLS e-mail components compared with their previous versions.
NetMail 3.5 supports the following new functionality:
More information on these feature enhancements is available in the Novell NetMail 3.5 Administration Guide.
The GroupWise Collaboration Client has been enhanced to work with a NetMail 3.5 back end. More detailed information is available in the online help included with an installed GroupWise client.
The following features are new in the Novell GroupWise 6.5 Collaboration Client for Novell Nterprise Linux Services 1.0:
IMAP4 Shared Folders: You can share your IMAP4 account folders with other users in the same IMAP4 domain. For example, you can share your NetMail folders with other users in the NetMail domain. The IMAP4 domain must support sharing folders.
For more information on this feature, look in the GroupWise online help for instructions on sharing a folder with other users, seeing the IMAP4 folders that are shared with you, and downloading POP3 and IMAP4 accounts to GroupWise.
Free Busy Search on a CAP Server: You can perform a free busy search on other users in your NetMail account domain or on users in any other IMAP4 account domain that supports CAP (Calendar Access Protocol).
Before you can perform a free busy search, you need to add a CAP server account using the CAP tab in the Accounts dialog box.
For more information on busy searching and scheduling, look in the GroupWise online help for instructions on adding a CAP account to GroupWise, modifying the properties of a CAP account, and scheduling appointments for other users.
Remote (Offline) Mode: You can run this client in two different modes:
Remote: This automatically connects to your NetMail system and IMAP4/POP3/NNTP accounts at periods you specify.
Remote (Offline): This never automatically connects. Working offline is beneficial when you are working on a disconnected laptop and do not need to connect, and also when you want to reduce charges for online time.
If you select to connect while in Remote (Offline) mode, your mode is changed to Remote mode and a connection is made. After the connection has completed, you can return to Remote (Offline) mode by clicking File > Work Offline.
For more information, look in the online help for the different ways you can run GroupWise.
Unless you run this GroupWise Collaboration Client against a GroupWise back end, the following functionality shown in the user interface is not supported: