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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.
How can I switch to a different location?
Because you can connect to HCL Notes® several different ways, HCL Notes needs a way to manage information for each type of connection you use. Because you sometimes change the way you connect when you start Notes in a different physical location, you are given a list of built-in locations you can switch between, and information about each one is stored in Location documents.

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.
  - Connecting to a Notes mail account
  - Connecting to an Internet mail account
    How you set up your connection to Internet mail depends on the type of physical connection you use.
  - How can I switch to a different location?
    Because you can connect to HCL Notes® several different ways, HCL Notes needs a way to manage information for each type of connection you use. Because you sometimes change the way you connect when you start Notes in a different physical location, you are given a list of built-in locations you can switch between, and information about each one is stored in Location documents.
    - How can I switch to a different User ID for a different location?
      You can specify a different User ID file that HCL Notes® should use for a location. For example, if you sometimes travel to a different office with Notes on a laptop that you connect to the LAN there, create a Location document that switches to an ID authorized for servers at that office.
    - How do I use an outgoing mailbox?
      Working offline with most applications simply means creating and using a local replica. When you work offline with your mail, HCL Notes® can also store your outgoing mail temporarily in a separate local outgoing mail file, ready for sending in a batch when you connect to your mail server and replicate.
  - How can I change phone and time information for the current location?
    You can update settings such as the area code and time zone for the current location. The area code setting is useful if you use a single HCL Notes® location (such as Travel) in different physical locations, but you don't want to create extra Location documents manually because everything except the phone is the same.
  - Are there any good practices to follow when traveling with Notes®?
    When you travel within or outside the United States, you can make using HCL Notes® easier by remembering a few tips.
- 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.
- 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.

How can I switch to a different location?

Because you can connect to HCL Notes® several different ways, HCL Notes® needs a way to manage information for each type of connection you use. Because you sometimes change the way you connect when you start Notes® in a different physical location, you are given a list of built-in locations you can switch between, and information about each one is stored in Location documents.

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Location documents specify settings for each location such as the server where your mail resides, whether you work offline or online, and whether you use a passthru server.

Whatever location you switch to becomes the current location until you switch again.

If your User ID has a password, you can switch locations by selecting a different ID in the password dialog when you start Notes®. You can switch locations at any time by doing the following steps.

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Click File > Locations > Switch to Location.
Click a location and click OK.

How can I switch to a different location?

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