GETTING CONNECTED

Setting up a LAN Notes mail server location manually
Notes configures your Office (LAN) Location document automatically and sets it as the default location when you start Notes while connected to a LAN. If Notes also sets up your Internet mail connection, the Internet (LAN) location is configured, and if you choose not to use Notes mail on a Domino server, the Internet location becomes the default. These two LAN Location documents are probably all you need, but you can create other Location documents if you want.

The easiest way to set up any type of connection is to choose File - Preferences - Client Reconfiguration Wizard, and answer the questions Notes asks, letting Notes create or edit your address book documents automatically. Before using the wizard, be sure you are using a LAN location, for example, Office.

To create a LAN Location document manually

1. From the menu, choose File - Mobile - Locations.


2. Double-click the "Office (Network)" location.

3. On the Basics tab, enter your "Internet mail address." This is usually the Internet version of your organizational Notes mail address, for example, JSmith@acme.com.

4. Click the Servers tab, and enter the name of your "Home/mail server," for example, "MailEast/Acme." This is the hierarchical name of your Domino home server.

5. Windows users only: If your company has an IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Lotus Sametime) server and you want to be able to log on to instant messaging from this location, enter the server's hierarchical or host name In the "IBM Lotus Instant Messaging server" field.


6. Leave the other spaces on the Servers tab blank.

7. On the Ports tab, select TCPIP.

8. On the Mail tab, set "Mail file location" to "On Server."


9. Enter the mail file path name on the server in the "Mail file" field. For example, "mail\jqpublic.nsf"

10. In the "Internet domain for Notes addresses when connecting directly to the Internet" field, enter the Internet domain name of the Domino home server (if you use a Domino server for mail). For example, if your Domino server "MailServer/Acme" had the address "mailserver.acme.com," the Internet domain would be acme.com.

11. Leave the remaining fields on the Mail tab as they are.

12. Click "Save & Close."

13. Make sure your location is set to "Office (Network)."

14. Exit and restart Notes.

15. Click the Mail icon in the Bookmark bar to open your mail database.


Tips
See Also