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Working with mail online on an IMAP server
When you use IMAP Online, your mail is stored on an Internet IMAP server, and IBM® Lotus® Notes® uses a proxy application to display your mail in an Inbox. You create and send messages and file messages in the proxy application just as you do in a Notes mail application.

Tip You can also create a replica of the proxy application to work with your IMAP Online mail locally. To send messages while working in the replica, specify local mail use so that Notes holds them in your outgoing Internet mail (Smtp.box) until you replicate.

See any of these sections:


To work with IMAP mail online

1. If you use a separate location for Internet mail, switch to that location.

2. Set up an Internet IMAP Online account by clicking File > Preferences > User Preferences, clicking Client Reconfiguration Wizard, selecting Internet mail servers (POP or IMAP, SMTP), click Next, and then answer questions to complete the wizard.

3. Open your bookmarks and click the bookmark that has the same name as your IMAP Online account (by default, this is Incoming Internet Mail). Notes connects to your IMAP server and opens the proxy Inbox filled with the list of current messages.

4. Do any of the following:

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To specify your IMAP mail as your primary mail

Your primary mail is the mail you get new mail notifications from and the mail that opens when you click Create > Mail from the main menu. You can specify your IMAP mail as your primary mail for any location.

Tip To use your Notes mail and IMAP mail separately, keep your Notes mail as primary in most locations and specify your IMAP mail as primary only in a dedicated location.

1. Click File > Location > Manage Locations, click Advanced > Locations, click the location to edit, and then click Edit.

2. In the Mail file field, enter the file name of the proxy application. To get the file name, select or open the proxy application and click File > Application > Properties.

3. Click Save & Close.

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To customize your IMAP Online account

1. Click File > Location > Manage Locations, click Advanced > Locations, click the location to edit, and then click Edit.

2. (Optional) In the SSL field, select Enabled to secure your account for safe transmission over the Internet. For more information, see Securing your POP3, IMAP, LDAP, or NNTP accounts.

3. (Optional) Click Advanced and change the Start replication from last seen unique identifier field. When set to Yes (the default), the replication for IMAP is optimized, and replicates only what's already been replicated. When set to No, Notes searches through every document to determine whether to replicate it or not.

4. (Optional) Type a number in the Maximum messages/articles to return field. This option lets you limit the number of messages you see listed in the proxy application. If the option is left blank or set to zero, Notes lists all messages on the IMAP server.

5. Click Save & Close.

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