Locations and accounts
This topic describes connections to servers, ways to connect to servers, and things you should know before setting up a server connection.
- Getting started with Locations and Accounts
  When connecting to servers, Notes® uses Location documents and Account documents to configure those connections. A Location document contains information that Notes needs, in order to manage your connections whenever you change the way you're connecting to servers; for example, your Home location may use remote access software in your operating system to dial your Internet server, while your Online location assumes that you're connected to a LAN. An Account document contains information, such as user name and password, for an Internet connection such as Internet mail.
- Locations and Accounts quick reference
  This quick reference card is a list of instructions for common tasks and shortcuts for Notes locations and accounts , which you can print and keep at your desk for easy reference.
- Working with Locations, Accounts, and Connections
  You set preferences for your Location, Account, and Connection documents that provide the information needed by components to connect to servers. Preferences enable you to create, edit, or delete certain Location, Account, or Connection documents.
  - Creating or editing a Location document manually
    Locations are a feature that connects you to applications on servers by providing a place to specify such information as the name of your mail server, whether you use a passthru server, or even which Notes® ID to use.
  - Creating and editing accounts from the Notes® preference
    Accounts provide the information needed by components to connect to servers. In IBM® Notes®, accounts enable you to connect to an IBM Domino® server. Accounts are secured by a name, password, authentication server and authentication type. Preferences enable you to create, edit, or delete certain accounts.
  - Creating and editing a Connection document
    During configuration, Notes® creates a Connection document for your home server. Connection documents reside in your Contacts application and store information Notes needs to access a server, such as the server's full Domino® name or Internet address. One server may have multiple Connection documents if you access it in multiple ways, for example over the LAN at work and using a cable modem from home.
  - How do I delete Location, Account, or Connection documents?
    Deleting a Location, Connection, or Account document can harm essential parts of your connections to IBM® Notes® mail, Internet mail, or Internet newsgroups, or make it impossible for Notes to connect you to a server you need. If you want to experiment with extra locations, connections, or accounts, copy existing documents and paste and rename test copies, so you can later delete the test versions without disturbing the originals.
- Advanced Locations and Accounts topics
  Learn to do additional tasks with Location, Account, and Connection documents, such as customizing Location settings, enabling Java applets in Notes, and using iNotes to access your Notes mail from the internet.

Working with Locations, Accounts, and Connections

You set preferences for your Location, Account, and Connection documents that provide the information needed by components to connect to servers. Preferences enable you to create, edit, or delete certain Location, Account, or Connection documents.