Mail Preferences

When WebCenter Portal provides access to multiple mail connections, it also provides a way for you to choose which connection to use.

Note:

You can choose your preferred mail connection only if your system administrator enabled users to override this mail client setting.

To choose your preferred mail connection:

1. On the Mail page, from the Connection drop-down list, select the mail connection you want to use for accessing your mail through WebCenter Portal.

   The options available in this list depend on the connections your system administrator makes available to WebCenter Portal. The No Preference option uses your system-level active mail connection.

2. Under Default mail client for Send Mail action, select an option to identify the mail application to open when the SendMail command is invoked.

   Choose one of the following options:

   • Local mail client—Select to specify that the local mail client you normally use, such as Microsoft Outlook, should open a compose message window when the SendMail command is invoked.

   • WebCenter Portal's Mail Service—Select to specify to open WebCenter Portal's Mail service compose message window when the SendMail command is invoked.

3. Click OK to save your changes and exit Preferences.
4. Log out of WebCenter Portal.
5. Log in to WebCenter Portal.

   If you previously saved your credentials for this mail connection to the WebCenter Portal credential store, then you are logged in to the new mail connection automatically.

   If you have not previously saved your credentials, log in to this mail connection using Preferences or using the login link where you see mail.