Managing your Notes ID and passwords
You use security preferences to manage your Internet and IBM® Notes® passwords. Depending on how your administrator set up your mail account, you might also be able to delete your Notes ID if it is corrupted and you need to replace it.
Before you begin
You must use HTTPS to change security preferences. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer, or HTTP over SSL) is a web protocol that encrypts and decrypts both user page requests and the pages that the web server returns. To avoid an error message, type an s after the http in front of the web address in your browser.
About this task
Option | Description |
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Change Internet Password | To change the password you use to log in to Notes, click
Change under Change Internet Password, and then follow
the instructions in the dialog box that opens. You might have to wait anywhere from five minutes to several hours for the change to take effect depending on server settings, so make sure you wait for your old password to stop working before using your new one. Note: You must
be the owner of the mail file, whose name is displayed on the Basics
preferences panel. |
Notes ID Info | If your mail file contains a Notes ID, click Notes ID
Info to see information about your Notes ID, its Notes certificate, and any Internet certificates.
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Import Notes ID |
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Delete Notes ID | To delete your Notes ID, or to undo the import operation, click
Delete Notes ID. Note: This preference is not available unless it is enabled
on your mail server. |
Export Notes ID | Export your ID if you plan to use Notes. Click Export Notes ID and save the file locally for use with Notes. Use the most recent, updated copy of your Notes ID. Note: This preference is not available unless it is enabled on your mail
server. |
Change Notes ID Password | Click Change, and then type your old and new Notes ID passwords as prompted. |
Recover your Notes ID | To recover your Notes ID, you must synchronize it with the copy that is stored in the Notes ID Vault. If your mail file does not contain your Notes ID, synchronizing with the Notes ID Vault adds a copy of your Notes ID to your mail file. To synchronize your ID, click Sync with Vault. |
Manage Internet Certificates | If you click Notes ID Info, the resulting page displays
this option, which you can use to import, export, or delete Internet certificates from your Notes
ID. To perform any of these tasks, click , and then continue in one of these ways:
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