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iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Administration Guide



Chapter 7   Configuring Mail


The Mobile Access Pack mail provider allows you to set up a mail channel that displays a summary of email messages with links that allow users to access mail.

This chapter discusses how to use the Administration Console to set up this channel for your mobile device user. It explains the following tasks:



Configuring Messaging Server

Messaging Server verifies the IP address of the host where the browser requests a login session ID. If the IP address differs from the host IP address where the session ID is issued, the mail server rejects the session with a session time out message.

You must change the value of the parameter that enables and disables an IP security check to allow the user to access mail using a mobile device. The parameter, which specifies whether to restrict session access to the login IP address, is service.http.ipsecurity.

To make this change, complete the following steps from the command line on the machine running the mail server:

  1. Log in as a Messaging Server user.

  2. Enter this command:

    /install_directory/server5/msg-hostname/configutil -o service.http.ipsecurity -v no


    Tip

    Replace install_directory with Messaging Server's installation directory and hostname with the name of Messaging Server.


  3. Change to root using the su root command.

  4. Stop Messaging Server using this command:

    /install_directory/server5/msg-hostname/stop-msg

  5. Start Messaging Server using this command:

    /install_directory/server5/msg-hostname/start-msg


    Note

    You cannot use Messaging Server as an outbound SMTP mail relay with the default installation of the server.

    To set up Messaging Server for outbound mail, see the "Configuring SMTP Relay Blocking" section in Chapter 9, "Mail Filtering and Access Control" of the iPlanet Messaging Server Administrator's Guide.




Configuring Channel Display

You can specify what the mail channel message headers look like. Display options include the number of headers and default sorting criteria. You can turn headers off, and you can specify whether to place copies of messages in the Sent folder.

To configure message headers, complete the following steps:

  1. As root, log in to the Administration Console and select Manage Domains.

  2. Select the link for your server's domain.

  3. Select the icon next to the Applications heading to display the Applications list.

  4. Select the Desktop link to display the profile for the desktop.

  5. From the list of available channels, select iwtMailProvider.

  6. Select Edit Channel to display the mail provider attributes.

  7. In the Display Headers text field, specify whether to display mail headers.


    Tip

    Set the value to true, to display the mail channel with headers.


  8. In the Number of Headers text field, specify the number of headers to display, if mail headers are to be displayed.


    Note

    By default, the mail channel displays five headers.


  9. In the Sort Order text field, specify the order in which to display the mail messages.


    Note

    By default, the most recently received messages are displayed first.


  10. Select the Place a Copy of message in Sent Folder to put outgoing messages into the user's Sent folder.

  11. Select Submit and then select Continue.



Configuring Channel Layout

You can control the layout of the mail channel by specifying name, background color, width and refresh time, in addition to specifying other channel layout attributes.

To configure the layout of the mail channel, complete the following steps:

  1. As root, log in to the Administration Console and select Manage Domains.

  2. Select the link for your server's domain.

  3. Select the icon next to the Applications heading to display the Applications list.

  4. Select the Desktop link to display the profile for the desktop.

  5. From the list of available channels, select the iwtMailProvider.

  6. Select Edit Channel to display the mail provider attributes.

  7. Select Show Advanced Options to display additional attributes.

  8. In the Title text field, specify a name for the channel.

    The specified mail channel content is displayed with this name.

  9. In the Background Color text field, specify a background color.

  10. From the Width list, specify the width of the channel.

  11. Select the Detached check box to detach the channel from the desktop.

  12. Select the Minimized check box to minimize the channel in the desktop.

  13. In the Refresh Time text field, specify the frequency for updating or refreshing content in the channel.

  14. Select the Frame check box to frame the channel in the desktop.

  15. In the Column text field, specify which column the channel is to appear in.

  16. In the Row text field, specify which row the channel is to appear in.

  17. From the Number of Inbox Lines to Display Via JSP list, select the mobile device that you want to configure.

  18. In the Number of Inbox Lines to Display Via JSP text box, specify the number of Inbox lines to display.


    Tip

    Use this format to specify the line count:

    clientType|number

    For example:

    siemens_s35|8


  19. From the Number of Message Lines to Display Via JSP list, select the mobile device that you want to configure.

  20. In the Number of Message Lines to Display Via JSP text box, specify how long, in lines, messages in this mobile device's mail channel should be.


    Tip

    Use this format to specify the line count:

    clientType|number

    For example:

    WML|21


  21. From the Length of From Header to Display Via JSP list, select the mobile device that you want to configure.

  22. In the Length of From Header to Display Via JSP text box, specify the number of characters to display in the From header in this mobile device's mail channel.


    Tip

    Use this format to specify the line count:

    clientType|number

    For example:

    siemens_s35|20


  23. From the Length of Subject Header to Display Via JSP list, select the mobile device that you want to configure.

  24. In the Length of Subject Header to Display Via JSP text box, specify the number of characters to display in the subject header displayed in this mobile device's mail.


    Tip

    Use this format to specify the line count:

    clientType|number

    For example:

    nokia_7110|18


  25. Select Submit and then select Continue.


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