Preface


The iPlanet™ Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Administration Guide provides overview information and instructions for managing the iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack administration functions.

This guide presents details that you need to provide mobile access to your portal site and to complete ongoing maintenance tasks.

Who Should Use This Book

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The iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Administration Guide is for people who use Portal Server `s Administration Console to manage mobile access to portal sites. You should already be familiar with the system administration functions of the iPlanet Portal Server 3.0, Service Pack 3a.

If you plan to deliver mail and calendar channels using the Messaging Server and the Calendar Server, you should also be familiar with the following:

• iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1

• iPlanet Calendar Server 5.0p3

Familiarity with basic UNIX system administration and networking is assumed.

How This Book Is Organized

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This book contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1 "Overview" provides an overview of the iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack software and explains the basics of the Administration Console.

Chapter 2 "Configuring Mobile Clients" describes the data objects involved in defining a mobile client and provides step-by-step instructions for setting up and changing mobile client definitions.

Chapter 3 "Configuring Authentication" describes the authentication service and provides step-by-step instructions for managing authentication tasks.

Chapter 4 "Configuring Address Book" explains how to configure the address book provider and channel, and includes step-by-step procedures for doing so.

Chapter 5 "Configuring Bookmarks" explains how to configure the bookmarks provider and channel, and includes step-by-step procedures for doing so.

Chapter 6 "Configuring Calendar" explains how to configure the calendar provider and channel, and includes step-by-step procedures for doing so.

Chapter 7 "Configuring Mail" explains how to configure the mail provider and channel, and includes step-by-step procedures for doing so.

Chapter 8 "Configuring Personal Note"explains how to set up the personal notes provider and channel, and provides step-by-step procedures for doing so.

Chapter 9 "Configuring Postit Notes" explains how to set up the postit content provider and channel, and provides step-by-step procedures for doing so.

Chapter 10 "Configuring URL Scraper" explains how to create a new URL scraper channel and provides step-by-step procedures for doing so.

Chapter 11 "Configuring User Information" explains how to set up the user information provider and channel, and provides step-by-step procedures for doing so.

Chapter 12 "Configuring XML Content" explains how to create a new XML content channel and provides step-by-step procedures for doing so.

Documentation

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Mobile Access Pack documentation includes:

• iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Release Notes

• iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Installation Guide

• iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Administration Guide (this book)

• iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Programmer's Guide

The release notes, installation guide, administration guide, and programmer's guide are online in PDF and HTML formats. To find these documents, use this URL:

http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/wireless.html

The documents are under the heading iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack 3.0.

Typographic Conventions

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The text in this book uses the following typographic styles:

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files.
AaBbCc123	On-screen computer input	Type exit at the command prompt.
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder, to be replaced with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read the User's Guide. These are called class options.