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GroupWise 8 WebAccess Client User Guide
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WebAccess Client User Guide

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Contents 5
Contents
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About This Guide 11
1 Getting Started 13
1.1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.2 Starting GroupWise WebAccess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.3 Understanding Timing Out from GroupWise WebAccess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.4 Changing Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.5 Getting to Know the GroupWise WebAccess Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.5.1 Understanding the Nav Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.5.2 Understanding the Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.6 Exploring the Folder List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.6.1 Home Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.6.2 Mailbox Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.6.3 Unopened Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.6.4 Sent Items Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.6.5 Calendar Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.6.6 Contacts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.6.7 Tasklist Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.6.8 Work in Progress Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.6.9 Cabinet Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.6.10 Junk Mail Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.6.11 Trash Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.6.12 Shared Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.6.13 GroupWise Feeds Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.7 Understanding GroupWise Item Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.7.1 Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.7.2 Appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.7.3 Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.7.4 Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.7.5 Phone Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.8 Identifying the Icons Appearing Next to Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2 Getting Organized 23
2.1 Using Categories to Organize Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.1.1 Assigning a Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.1.2 Adding a New Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.1.3 Removing a Category from an Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.1.4 Renaming a Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.1.5 Deleting a Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.2 Using Folders to Organize Your Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.2.1 Understanding Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.2.2 Modifying the Folder List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.2.3 Deleting Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.2.4 Creating a Personal Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.2.5 Renaming a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.2.6 Moving an Item to Another Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.2.7 Understanding Find Results Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.2.8 Using Shared Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.3 Customizing Other GroupWise WebAccess Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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2.3.1 Setting the Default Compose View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.3.2 Changing Your Time Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3E-Mail 31
3.1 Sending E-Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.1.1 Composing E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.1.2 Formatting Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.1.3 Spell-Checking Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.1.4 Attaching Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.1.5 Adding a Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.1.6 Saving E-Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.1.7 Selecting the Default Compose View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.1.8 Addressing Mail Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.1.9 Selecting Send Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.1.10 Posting a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.1.11 Sending Phone Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.2 Managing Sent E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.2.1 Working with Sent Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.2.2 Retracting Sent E-Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.2.3 Resending E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.2.4 Checking the Status of Sent E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.2.5 Confirming Delivery of E-Mail You Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.2.6 Displaying Sent Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.3 Receiving E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.3.1 Reading Received Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.3.2 Reading Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.3.3 Replying to E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.3.4 Forwarding E-Mail to Other People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.4 Managing Received E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.4.1 Saving an Item to Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.4.2 Saving Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.4.3 Deleting E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.4.4 Viewing the Source of External Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.5 Printing E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.6 Handling Unwanted E-Mail (Spam) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.6.1 Understanding Junk Mail Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.6.2 Blocking or Junking E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4 Calendar 51
4.1 Understanding the Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.2 Managing Your Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.2.1 Viewing Your Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.2.2 Reading a Calendar Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.2.3 Creating a Personal Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.2.4 Using Shared Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.3 Sending Calendar Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.3.1 Understanding the Calendar Item Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.3.2 Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.3.3 Sending Reminder Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.4 Receiving Calendar Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.4.1 Accepting or Declining Calendar Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.4.2 Delegating Calendar Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.4.3 Saving Calendar Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.4.4 Moving an Appointment to a Different Calender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.5 Publishing Personal Calendars on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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4.5.1 Publishing a Personal Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.5.2 Modifying a Published Calendar’s Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.5.3 Unpublishing a Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4.5.4 Publishing Your Free/Busy Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4.6 Printing a Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5 Tasks and the Tasklist 65
5.1 Understanding Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.2 Understanding the Tasklist Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.3 Using Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.3.1 Assigning a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.3.2 Tracking Task Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.4 Using the Tasklist Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5.4.1 Moving an Item from Another Folder to the Tasklist Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5.4.2 Assigning a Due Date to a Tasklist Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.4.3 Reordering the Tasklist Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6 Contacts and Address Books 71
6.1 Understanding Address Books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.1.1 GroupWise Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.1.2 Frequent Contacts Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.1.3 Personal Address Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2 Using the Address Books to Address Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2.1 Using the Address Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2.2 Using the Contacts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.2.3 Sending Mail from the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.3 Using the Contacts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.3.1 Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.3.2 Managing Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.3.3 Managing Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.3.4 Managing Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.4 Working with Address Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.4.1 Opening an Address Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.4.2 Creating a Personal Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.4.3 Editing a Personal or Frequent Contacts Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.4.4 Deleting a Personal Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
6.4.5 Accepting a Shared Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6.4.6 Viewing Contacts, Groups, Organizations, or Resources in the Address Book. . . . . 83
6.4.7 Searching for Address Book Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7 Finding Items 85
7.1 Understanding GroupWise Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.2 Searching for a Word or Phrase Using Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.3 Searching with Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.4 Narrowing a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.5 Viewing the Results of a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
7.6 Finding Text in Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8Rules 89
8.1 Understanding Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
8.2 Actions a Rule Can Perform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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8.3 Creating a Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
8.3.1 Creating a Basic Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
8.3.2 Creating a Vacation Rule or Auto Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.3.3 Creating a Rule to Forward All Mail to Another Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.3.4 Limiting Items Affected by a Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.3.5 Using Rule Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
8.4 Editing a Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
8.5 Deleting a Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
8.6 Enabling or Disabling a Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
9 Mailbox/Calendar Access for Proxies 95
9.1 Receiving Proxy Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
9.1.1 Adding and Removing Proxy Names and Rights in the Mailbox Owner’s Access List95
9.1.2 Adding and Removing Users in Your Proxy List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
9.2 Accessing a Mailbox or Calendar as a Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
10 RSS Feeds 99
10.1 Subscribing to RSS Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
10.2 Reading RSS Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
10.3 Deleting an Individual RSS Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
10.4 Deleting a Subscribed RSS Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
11 Document Management 101
11.1 Searching for Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
11.2 Viewing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
11.3 Opening a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
11.4 Saving a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
11.5 Viewing the Properties of a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
12 Maintaining GroupWise 103
12.1 Managing Mailbox Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
12.1.1 Using LDAP Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
12.1.2 Changing Your LDAP Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
12.1.3 Remembering Your GroupWise or LDAP Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
12.1.4 Using Mailbox Passwords with Proxies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
12.2 Managing Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
12.2.1 Displaying Items in Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
12.2.2 Undeleting an Item in Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
12.2.3 Saving an Item In Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
12.2.4 Emptying the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
12.3 Checking Your WebAccess Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
A What’s New In GroupWise 8 WebAccess 107
A.1 Improved Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
A.2 New Folder Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
A.3 E-Mail Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
A.4 Calendar Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
A.5 Tasklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
A.6 Contacts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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B GroupWise Frequently Asked Questions 109
C Using Shortcut Keys 111

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About This Guide 11
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About This Guide
This Novell®GroupWise 8 WebAccess Client User Guide explains how to use the GroupWise®
WebAccess client. It is divided into the following sections:
Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” on page 13
Chapter 2, “Getting Organized,” on page 23
Chapter 3, “E-Mail,” on page 31
Chapter 4, “Calendar,” on page 51
Chapter 5, “Tasks and the Tasklist,” on page 65
Chapter 6, “Contacts and Address Books,” on page 71
Chapter 7, “Finding Items,” on page 85
Chapter 8, “Rules,” on page 89
Chapter 9, “Mailbox/Calendar Access for Proxies,” on page 95
Chapter 11, “Document Management,” on page 101
Chapter 12, “Maintaining GroupWise,” on page 103
Appendix A, “What’s New In GroupWise 8 WebAccess,” on page 107
Appendix B, “GroupWise Frequently Asked Questions,” on page 109
Appendix C, “Using Shortcut Keys,” on page 111
Audience
This guide is intended for GroupWise users.
Feedback
We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation
included with this product. Please use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page of the
online documentation, or go to www.novell.com/documentation/feedback.html and enter your
comments there.
Documentation Updates
For the most recent version of the GroupWise 8 WebAccess Client User Guide, visit the Novell
GroupWise 8 documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/gw8).
Additional Documentation
For additional GroupWise documentation, see the following guides at the Novell GroupWise 8
documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/gw8):
Installation Guide
Administration Guide
Multi-System Administration Guide

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Interoperability Guide
Troubleshooting Guide
GroupWise Windows Client User Guide
GroupWise Linux/Mac Client User Guide
GroupWise Client Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Documentation Conventions
In Novell documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step and
items in a cross-reference path.
A trademark symbol (®, TM, etc.) denotes a Novell trademark. An asterisk (*) denotes a third-party
trademark.
When a single pathname can be written with a backslash for some platforms or a forward slash for
other platforms, the pathname is presented with a backslash. Users of platforms that require a
forward slash, such as Linux* or UNIX*, should use forward slashes as required by your software.

Getting Started
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Getting Started
GroupWise®is a robust, dependable messaging and collaboration system that connects you to your
universal mailbox anytime and anywhere. This section gives you an overview of the GroupWise
WebAccess client to help you start using GroupWise quickly and easily.
Section 1.1, “Prerequisites,” on page 13
Section 1.2, “Starting GroupWise WebAccess,” on page 13
Section 1.3, “Understanding Timing Out from GroupWise WebAccess,” on page 14
Section 1.4, “Changing Your Password,” on page 14
Section 1.5, “Getting to Know the GroupWise WebAccess Interface,” on page 15
Section 1.6, “Exploring the Folder List,” on page 16
Section 1.7, “Understanding GroupWise Item Types,” on page 19
Section 1.8, “Identifying the Icons Appearing Next to Items,” on page 20
1.1 Prerequisites
If you use the Mozilla* Firefox* browser, GroupWise WebAccess 8 works best with version 2.0 or
later.
1.2 Starting GroupWise WebAccess
You start GroupWise WebAccess as you would any other home page on the Internet. Use your Web
browser to go to the URL your administrator gives you, such as http://server/gw/webacc, or an IP
address such as 155.155.11.22.
Figure 1-1 WebAccess Login Page
To log in to WebAccess:
1On the GroupWise WebAccess login page, enter your username and password.

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2Select your connection speed:
High (Broadband), which has all the features that are available in GroupWise WebAccess.
Use this default setting if you have a high-speed Internet connection.
Low (Dial-up), which looks the same as the default high-speed interface but does not auto-
update your message list and calendar. It also does not support name completion.
3(Conditional) If you’re using a mobile device, select Use the basic interface.
The basic interface has limited functionality and graphics. It is designed to perform the most
basic tasks in GroupWise WebAccess. To close the basic interface, close all Web browsers and
launch WebAccess again, making sure to deselect Use the basic interface.
4(Optional) If you use the same browser to log in to GroupWise WebAccess every time, select
Remember My Settings to save your preferences.
5Click Login.
Your GroupWise mailbox opens.
1.3 Understanding Timing Out from GroupWise
WebAccess
Specific actions, such as opening or sending an item, generate a call to the Web server. Other
actions, such as scrolling through items in the Item List, composing a message without sending it, or
reading Help topics, do not generate a call to the Web server. If, for a period of time, you leave
GroupWise WebAccess alone or perform actions that do not generate a call, WebAccess logs you
out. Doing so provides security for your e-mail and ensures that the Web server and GroupWise
WebAccess run efficiently.
The timeout period is determined by your GroupWise system administrator. If you try to perform an
action after you have been logged out, you are prompted to log in again.
To ensure that you have the latest information in your Mailbox and to prevent frequent timeouts,
click Update.
NOTE: You must authenticate correctly to be returned to your work after a timeout. If you haven’t
logged in correctly, the message you were composing might appear to be lost. Use the keyboard to
return to your saved message window (for example, Alt+Left-arrow key in Windows*).
1.4 Changing Your Password
In order to access your GroupWise mailbox from WebAccess, your mailbox must have a password.
Your GroupWise administrator might have assigned the password when he or she set up your
GroupWise account. If you have access to the GroupWise Windows client, you can set your initial
mailbox password yourself, as described in “Assigning a Password to Your Mailbox” in “Getting
Started” in the GroupWise 8 Windows Client User Guide.
To change your mailbox password in WebAccess:
1Click Options > Password.
2Type your new password twice for confirmation.
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Depending on the security level that your GroupWise administrator has established for your post
office, you might need to know more about passwords. For more information, see Section 12.1,
“Managing Mailbox Passwords,” on page 103.
1.5 Getting to Know the GroupWise WebAccess
Interface
Your main work area in GroupWise is called the Main Window. From the Main Window of
GroupWise, you can read your messages, schedule appointments, view your Calendar, manage
contacts, open folders, and much more.
Section 1.5.1, “Understanding the Nav Bar,” on page 15
Section 1.5.2, “Understanding the Toolbar,” on page 15
1.5.1 Understanding the Nav Bar
The Nav Bar is located at the top of the WebAccess page. It is designed for quick access to the
folders you use the most. By default the Nav Bar contains the Mailbox, Calendar, Contacts, and
Documents folders.
Figure 1-2 The GroupWise WebAccess Nav Bar
1.5.2 Understanding the Toolbar
Use the toolbar to access many of the features and options found in WebAccess. The toolbar at the
top of a folder or item is context sensitive; it changes to provide the options you need most in that
location.
There are two different toolbars you can display:
Main: The Main Toolbar contains most of your commonly used functions, such as New
Appointment and New Mail. The Main Toolbar is located at the top of the main page.
Item Context: The Item Context toolbar contains context-sensitive buttons that relate to the
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Figure 1-3 The GroupWise WebAccess Main Toolbar
1.6 Exploring the Folder List
The Folder List at the left of the Main Window lets you organize your GroupWise items by creating
folders to store your items in. The Mailbox folder is the default folder that is opened when you first
log in. For information about the different GroupWise folders, see Section 2.2, “Using Folders to
Organize Your Mailbox,” on page 24.
The following folders are displayed in the Folder List:
Section 1.6.1, “Home Folder,” on page 17
Section 1.6.2, “Mailbox Folder,” on page 17
Section 1.6.3, “Unopened Items,” on page 17
Section 1.6.4, “Sent Items Folder,” on page 17
Section 1.6.5, “Calendar Folder,” on page 17
Section 1.6.6, “Contacts Folder,” on page 17
Section 1.6.7, “Tasklist Folder,” on page 17
Section 1.6.8, “Work in Progress Folder,” on page 17
Section 1.6.9, “Cabinet Folder,” on page 18
Section 1.6.10, “Junk Mail Folder,” on page 18
Section 1.6.11, “Trash Folder,” on page 18
Section 1.6.12, “Shared Folders,” on page 18
Section 1.6.13, “GroupWise Feeds Folder,” on page 18

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1.6.1 Home Folder
Your Home folder (indicated by your name) represents your GroupWise database. All folders in
your Folder List are subfolders of your Home folder.
1.6.2 Mailbox Folder
The Mailbox displays all the items you have received, with the exception of scheduled items
(appointments, tasks, and reminder notes) you have accepted or declined. By default, scheduled
items and tasks are moved to the Calendar when you accept them.
Your received items are stored in your GroupWise Mailbox.
You can organize your messages by moving them into folders within your Cabinet, and you can
create new folders as necessary.
1.6.3 Unopened Items
The Unopened Items folder lists received items you have not yet opened. It is a query folder that
cannot be deleted.
1.6.4 Sent Items Folder
The Sent Items folder displays all the items you have sent. By checking the properties of your
sent items, you can determine their status (Delivered, Opened, and so on).
1.6.5 Calendar Folder
The Calendar folder shows several calendar view options. It is basically a link that takes you to
the Calendar view. You can use the Folder List to choose which calendars to display. The selected
calendars are displayed in the calendar view.
1.6.6 Contacts Folder
The Contacts folder , by default, represents the Frequent Contacts address book in the Address
Book. Any modification you make in the Contacts Folder is also made in the Frequent Contacts
address book.
From this folder, you can view, create, and modify contacts, resources, organizations, and groups.
1.6.7 Tasklist Folder
Use the Tasklist folder to create a task list. You can move any items (mail messages, phone
messages, reminder notes, tasks, or appointments) to this folder and arrange them in the order you
want.
1.6.8 Work in Progress Folder
The Work In Progress folder is a folder where you can save messages you have started but want
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1.6.9 Cabinet Folder
The Cabinet contains all of your personal folders. You can rearrange and nest folders by clicking
Manage Folders on the Toolbar.
1.6.10 Junk Mail Folder
All e-mail items from addresses and Internet domains that are junked through Junk Mail Handling
are placed in the Junk Mail folder . This folder is not created in the folder list unless a Junk Mail
option is enabled.
While Junk Mail options are enabled, this folder cannot be deleted. However, the folder can be
renamed or moved to a different location in the folder list. If all Junk Mail options are disabled, the
folder can be deleted. The folder can also be deleted if the Junk Mail Handling feature is disabled by
the system administrator.
To delete items from the Junk Mail folder, right-click the Junk Mail folder, click Empty Junk Mail
Folder, then click Yes.
For more information about Junk Mail Handling, see Section 3.6, “Handling Unwanted E-Mail
(Spam),” on page 49.
1.6.11 Trash Folder
All deleted mail and phone messages, appointments, tasks, documents, and reminder notes are
stored in the Trash folder . Items in the Trash can be viewed, opened, or returned to your Mailbox
before the Trash is emptied. (Emptying the Trash removes items in the Trash from the system.)
You can empty your entire Trash, or empty only selected items. The system administrator can
specify that your Trash is emptied automatically on a regular basis.
1.6.12 Shared Folders
A shared folder is like any other folder in your Cabinet, except other people have access to it.
You can create shared folders or share existing personal folders in your Cabinet. You choose whom
to share the folder with, and what rights to grant each user. Users can post messages to the shared
folder, drag existing items into the folder, and create discussion threads. You can’t share system
folders, which include the Cabinet, Trash, and Work In Progress folders.
If you place a document in a shared folder, people with rights to the shared folder don’t
automatically have rights to edit the document. Before they can edit the document, you must give
them Edit rights on the Manage Folders > Share Folder tab.
1.6.13 GroupWise Feeds Folder
When you subscribe to RSS feeds, the GroupWise Feeds folder is created. A list of subscribed feeds
is displayed under the GroupWise Feeds folder. You can create subfolders under the GroupWise
Feeds folder and move feeds to the subfolder. When you click the subfolder, the message list
displays a list of all the topics for all the feeds under the subfolder.
Although you cannot subscribe to new RSS feeds in WebAccess, you can view the feeds you
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For additional information on RSS feeds, see Section 10, “RSS Feeds,” on page 99.
1.7 Understanding GroupWise Item Types
Every day you communicate in a variety of ways. To accommodate these needs, GroupWise delivers
your items by using a variety of item types. Each item type is explained below.
Section 1.7.1, “Mail,” on page 19
Section 1.7.2, “Appointment,” on page 19
Section 1.7.3, “Task,” on page 19
Section 1.7.4, “Note,” on page 19
Section 1.7.5, “Phone Message,” on page 19
1.7.1 Mail
A mail message is for basic correspondence, such as a memorandum or letter. See Section 3.3,
“Receiving E-Mail,” on page 44 and Section 3.1, “Sending E-Mail,” on page 31.
1.7.2 Appointment
An appointment lets you invite people to and schedule resources for meetings or events. You can
schedule the date, time, and location for the meeting. You can use posted appointments to schedule
personal events such as a doctor’s appointment, a reminder to make a phone call at a certain time,
and so forth. Appointments display on the Calendar. See Section 4.3.2, “Scheduling Appointments,”
on page 56.
1.7.3 Task
A task lets you place a to-do item on your own or on another person’s Calendar after it has been
accepted. You can schedule a due date for the task and include a priority (such as A1). Uncompleted
tasks are carried forward to the next day. See Section 5.3.1, “Assigning a Task,” on page 66.
TIP: You can also create a Tasklist that is not associated with your Calendar. In this type of Tasklist,
any item type (mail, appointment, task, reminder note, phone message) can be used.
1.7.4 Note
A note is posted on a specific date on your own or another person’s Calendar. You can use notes to
remind yourself or others of deadlines, holidays, days off, and so forth. Posted notes are useful as
reminders for birthdays, vacations, paydays, and so forth. See Section 4.3.3, “Sending Reminder
Notes,” on page 59.
1.7.5 Phone Message
A phone message helps you inform someone of a phone call or visitor. You can include such
information as caller, phone number, company, urgency of the call, and so forth. You cannot answer
your phone from a phone message. See Section 3.1.11, “Sending Phone Messages,” on page 40.

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1.8 Identifying the Icons Appearing Next to Items
The icons that appear next to items in your Mailbox, Sent Items folder, and the Calendar show
information about the items. The following table explains what each icon means.
Table 1-1 Icon Descriptions
Icon Description
One or more attachments are included with the item.
Draft item.
An item you have sent.
An item you have replied to.
An item you have forwarded.
An item you have delegated.
An item you have replied to and forwarded
An item you have replied to and delegated.
An item you have forwarded and delegated.
An item you have replied to, forwarded, and delegated
A posted item.
Unopened mail message with a low, standard, or high priority.
Opened mail message with a low, standard, or high priority.
Unopened and opened appointment with a low, standard, or high priority.
Unopened and opened task with a low, standard, or high priority.
Unopened reminder note with a low, standard, or high priority.
Opened reminder note with a low, standard, or high priority.
Unopened phone message with a low, standard, or high priority.
Opened phone message with a low, standard, or high priority.
A reply is requested for this low, standard, or high priority item.
Unopened document reference.
Opened document reference.
Shared folder notification.
Shared address book notification.