In most cases, your instant messaging Location options are automatically configured; you do not need to set them. If you need to change these options, you should first obtain the necessary information from your system administrator.

Note If you change instant messaging options for a location, the new options are valid for all future Notes sessions for that location.

Follow these steps to add or change instant messaging Location options:

1. Click File >Locations > Manage Locations.

2. Select the location you want to change options for and click Edit.

3. Click the Servers tab.

4. In the IBM Lotus Sametime server field, enter the server's hierarchical or host name.

5. Click the Instant Messaging tab.

6. Enter the port number for the Lotus Sametime server. The default port number is 1533.

7. Specify how often you want to send a keep-alive message to the Lotus Sametime server. This message checks connectivity with the server and allows you to get timely notification if you are disconnected from the server. The default interval is 60 seconds.

8. In the Connect field, do one of the following actions:

• If you want your Notes log-on to also log you on to instant messaging, select At Notes logon.
• If you want to log on to instant messaging separately after you have logged on to Notes, select Manually.

• Direct connection using IBM Lotus Sametime protocol (default)
• Direct connection using HTTP protocol
• Use my Internet Explorer HTTP options
• Use proxy

11. Select a proxy type:

• SOCKS4
• SOCKS5
• HTTPS
• HTTP

13. If you selected SOCKS5 in step 11, Resolve server name locally is selected by default. If your proxy server cannot resolve names, clear the Resolve server name locally check box. Contact your system administrator for more information.

14. If you selected a SOCKS5, HTTPS, or HTTP proxy server in step 11, enter a user name and password.

15. Click Save & Close.

See Also

Working with instant messaging
Connecting to a Lotus Sametime server

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