INSTANT MESSAGING

Logging on to instant messaging
Note The features described in this topic are available only if your company has an IBM Lotus Sametime server, and only for Windows versions of IBM Lotus Notes.

IBM Workplace Managed Client users: If your company uses IBM Workplace Collaboration Services for instant messaging, features may differ from the IBM Lotus Sametime instant messaging features described here. For information on instant messaging with Workplace Collaboration Services, see the Instant Contacts section of IBM Workplace Managed Client Help.

During Notes setup, you selected whether to connect to instant messaging "At Notes Logon" or "Manually." The first time you log on to Notes (if you chose "At Notes Logon"), or the first time you log on to instant messaging from within Notes (if you chose "Manually"), you are promped for a password that will by used by the Lotus Sametime server.

Single sign-on

Using User Preferences to enable single sign-on, which is the ability for users to log on to more than one application with only one password, allows your Notes client to use the instant messaging server's multi-server authentication feature (assuming the Lotus Sametime server is also configured for single sign-on). In other words, if you enable single-sign on, when you log on to Notes, you don't need to enter your instant messaging password to establish a connection with the Lotus Sametime server.

To enable single sign-on, choose File - Preferences - User Preferences and click the Instant Messaging - General tab.

"Log on to instant messaging" dialog box

The "Log on to instant messaging" dialog box appears when you have not yet saved your instant messaging password, your environment does not use single-sign on, or the Lotus Sametime server cannot authenticate you for some reason. Follow these steps to log on to the Lotus Sametime server:

1. (Optional) For the user name, if your Lotus Sametime server does not allow you to use your Notes abbreviated hierarchical name (for example, John Smith/Sales/Acme), replace your Notes abbreviated name with your canonical name (for example, CN=John Smith/OU=Sales/O=Acme). To determine if you should use your canonical name, check with your administrator.

2. Enter your instant messaging password.


3. (Optional) Select "Save your password" to save your instant messaging password in the current Location document. If you save your instant messaging password now, you won't have to enter it in future Notes sessions.

4. Click "Log on."


If you are ever disconnected from the Lotus Sametime server, you can manually restore the connection by choosing File - Instant Messaging - Log On Instant Messaging.

To enable single sign-on or to remove your instant messaging password from the current Location document, choose File - Preferences - User Preferences and click the Instant Messaging - General tab.

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