Configuring IMAP client software
After you set up an HCL Domino® server to run the IMAP service, users can access their mail files on the Domino® server from any IMAP mail client. The IMAP service supports all IMAP-compliant clients -- for example, Microsoft™ Outlook and Outlook Express®, Qualcomm Eudora, Cyrusoft Mulberry, and PC-Pine.
IMAP clients display HCL Notes® folders as IMAP mailboxes. When users receive or delete documents in an IMAP mailbox, the changes also occur in the Notes® folder, and vice versa.
Users can access their mail files from both an IMAP client and the Notes® mail client. Domino® IMAP clients can send mail to other Notes® users and to IMAP and POP3 clients on the Domino® mail system or other mail systems.
The specifics of configuring IMAP client software differ for each product.
| Field |
Description |
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| Incoming mail (IMAP) server |
The fully qualified host name of the Domino® server running the IMAP service. |
| Outgoing mail (SMTP) server |
The fully qualified host name of a server running SMTP to which the user can send mail addressed to intranet or Internet recipients. The SMTP server may be the Domino® server running the IMAP service, a different Domino® server, or a non-Domino SMTP server. |
| Authentication required to send outbound mail |
Specifies whether the configured SMTP server requires users to provide a name and password before they can send outgoing messages. |
| Account/Login name |
The name by which the user authenticates with the Domino® server. Valid user name values depend on the setting in the Internet authentication field of the Server document. |
| Password |
The Internet password from the user's Person document. |
| E-mail address |
The Internet address specified in the user's Person document. |
| Check for messages every (x) minutes. |
Determines how often the client checks for mail. If the client checks for mail more frequently, it may affect server performance. |
| Folder namespace prefixes |
The root folder path required by some IMAP clients. Most IMAP clients do not need to specify folder prefixes when using the Domino® IMAP service to connect to mail files. |
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