Oracle® Mail Administrator's Guide 10g Release 1 (10.1.1) Part Number B14491-03 |
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This preface describes changes in the administration of Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Mail (Oracle Mail). In addition to changes in administration, there are also new features for this release of Oracle Mail, and associated administration tasks.
New Oracle Mail administration features include:
Strong Authentication Support
Oracle Mail now supports strong authentication for SMTP, IMAP, and POP.
Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Web Access Client
Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Web Access Client (Oracle Web Access Client) is a browser-based application that looks, feels, and performs like a desktop application. It provides access to various features of Oracle Collaboration Suite, including:
E-mail with support for HTML editing
Personal and shared address books with corporate directory (Global Address Book) integration and support for shared contacts
TimeBar view of calendar appointments and reminds, with direct access to the Oracle Calendar Web Client for creating and editing meetings
Oracle Web Access Client supports standard Web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox. Your personal preferences are stored on the server so you can access your mail wherever and whenever you want, through a familiar interface on the supported browser of your choice. Work with and manage your information using drag-and-drop functionality, cascading menus, context menus, and resizable panes.
See Also:
"Managing Oracle Web Access" in Chapter 5 of Oracle Collaboration Suite Administrator's Guide for more information about administrating Oracle Web Access ClientDirectory Cache
Enables faster lookup when using the Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g WebMail client.
See Also:
Chapter 5, "Directory Cache" for more informationGlobal Address Book
This new feature for Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g enables Oracle Mail users to utilize a Suite-wide address book.
See Also:
"Managing the Address Book" in Chapter 5 of Oracle Collaboration Suite Administrator's Guide for more information about administrating the Global Address BookMessage Recovery
Recovery of deleted e-mails.
See Also:
"Recovering Deleted Messages" for more information about message recoveryArchiving
New archiving policies enable archiving of users' messages in a third-party storage facility.
See Also:
"Oracle Mail Archive Policies" for more information about archiving policiesMessage Recall
Message recall enables administrators to locate messages in an Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database and move those messages to a specified folder for further analysis.
See Also:
"Message Recall" for more information about message recallRouting Control
New routing control features reject messages based e-mail attachments.
See Also:
"Oracle Mail Routing Control" for more information about routing controlEnd-User Documentation Portal
End-user information about the Oracle WebMail client can be found in the End-User Documentation Portal. The End-User Documentation Portal is a set of customizable HTML pages that provide an overview of Oracle Collaboration Suite clients, including Oracle WebMail, as well as information about how to use the client. The End-User Documentation Portal also includes links to the FAQ & Troubleshooting site on the Oracle Technology Network as well as Oracle Collaboration Suite end-user tutorials.
Administrators can easily host the End-User Documentation Portal. The default content can be customized, additional content can be added, and administrators can choose which content they want to show or hide.
The End-User Documentation Portal is included with the installation CD as a ZIP file located in the DVD/Doc/EUDP/eudp.zip
directory. For End-User Documentation Portal installation instructions, see Oracle Collaboration Suite Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System.
For information about deploying the End-User Documentation Portal, see "Managing the End-User Documentation Portal" in Chapter 5 of Oracle Collaboration Suite Administrator's Guide.
Troubleshooting
Expanded troubleshooting information for a variety of potential Oracle Mail issues.