MAIL

Creating a mail file for a POP3 user
Each POP3 user must have a mail file on the IBM® Lotus® Domino™ server. You can create the mail file automatically during user registration, or you can manually create a mail file. If the user is already a registered IBM® Lotus® Notes® user who has an existing Notes mail file and if you set up the Person document to use POP3 as the mail system, the user can use a POP3 client to access the mail file.

If a user does not have an existing mail file on a Domino server, create a new mail one as described in the following procedure.

To manually create a mail file

1. Make sure that you have set up a Person document for the POP3 user.

2. Choose File - Application - New.

3. In the New Application dialog box, enter the following:
FieldEnter
ServerThe Domino mail server that stores the user's mail file.
TitleThe name of the client's mail file -- for example, Alan Jones' Mail.
File nameThe full path to the mail file, relative to the Domino data directory -- for example, MAIL\AJONES.NSF.
4. From the list of template names, select Mail 8 with the filename MAIL8.NTF, and click OK.

5. After Domino creates and opens the mail file, determine what level of access is appropriate for both the user and you, as the administrator. Then, edit the Access Control List (ACL) as follows:

6. Complete the procedure "Configuring POP3 client software."

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