What's New?

The GroupWise 6 client for Windows includes the enhancements and new features listed below:

NNTP Newsgroup Accounts
POP3/IMAP4 Accounts
Multiple Account Signatures
Client Caching Mode
Mailbox Mode Switching
Disk Space Management for Client Users' Mailboxes
Backup and Restore to Retrieve Deleted Items
S/MIME Secure Message
Calendar Printing Enhancements
Remote Mode Enhancements
Address Book Enhancements
Improved Notifications
Improved Rules
Improved Forwarding
New Send, Accept, Decline, Forward, and Reply Buttons
Windows Time Zone Setting
Default Browser Window When Opening a Link

For information about using new features, from the GroupWise client for Windows, click Help > Help Topics > Contents.

NNTP Newsgroup Accounts
Users can set up newsgroup accounts by selecting Account Options on the Accounts menu. An NNTP folder is added to the folder list for each account.

With GroupWise 6 SP1, Windows will recognize the GroupWise client as a valid newsgroup reader and allow it to be registered as the default reader in Internet Explorer.

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POP3/IMAP4 Accounts
Users can import addresses and account information from the following supported POP3/IMAP4 accounts: Outlook Express 4.x and 5.x and Netscape Communicator* 4.0x, 4.6x, and 4.7x.
With GroupWise 6 SP1, POP3/IMAP4 accounts can be accessed securely through SSL (if the mail server supports SSL).

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Multiple Account Signatures
Users can specify a different signature for each account they use. For example, a user could have one signature for a newsgroup account and a different signature for a POP3 or IMAP4 account.

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Client Caching Mode
A new mode of running the client, called Caching mode, is provided to enable users to work from their hard drives without being continuously connected to the network. Users do not need to set up connections or be prompted when they want to connect; this happens automatically.

In Caching mode, overall client performance is greatly increased. However, everything is stored on the user's hard drive, so each user's available disk space needs to be considered before selecting this mode.

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Mailbox Mode Switching
Users can select from a drop-down list on the toolbar to switch to a different mode of running GroupWise. The mailbox modes are: Online, Caching, and Remote.

Depending on the mode the user is switching from, the user might be prompted to restart GroupWise before the mode will take effect.

The system administrator can force users to use Caching mode only, and can also disable Remote mode. For more information, see Setting Defaults for the GroupWise Client Options in Users in the Administration guide.

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Disk Space Management for Client Users' Mailboxes
The system administrator can set a send size limit on items. If a user sends an item that exceeds this size, a message displays saying that the item is too large and cannot be sent.

In addition, system administrators can set a mailbox size limit. At the bottom of the main GroupWise client window, in Online mode, a Mailbox Size status indicates how much disk space the user is using. As users approach the limit, messages warn them that their disk space is running out. When the limit is met, users cannot send messages until they delete or archive items. Messages in shared folders are only counted as disk space for the owner of the shared folder.

A new menu item called Delete and Empty has been added to the Edit menu. This option deletes and purges selected items without sending them to the Trash, which allows users to quickly clean up their disk space.

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Backup and Restore to Retrieve Deleted Items
If the system administrator has created a restore area and has backed up the entire GroupWise system, the user can open a backup copy of his or her mailbox in the restore area to find missing items by selecting Open Backup on the File menu. The user needs to have Read and Write access to the restore area. In the backup copy of his or her mailbox, the user has partial functionality to access items, including Read, Search, and Undelete. Users can selectively restore any items from the backed-up mailbox, with the exception of documents.

For more information, in the GroupWise 6 client, click File > Open Backup > press F1.

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S/MIME Secure Message
The following enhancements have been made for S/MIME secure messages:

• Security warning messages contain more detailed information; warnings display in color so that the user will immediately see them.
• The certificate view uses terminology and categories that are similar to the Novell Certificate ServerTM.
• The certification path view gives the entire certificate chain, displayed in its correct hierarchy.
• When a user opens a signed item, the user certificate associated with the item is checked against the Certificate Revocation List repository of the issuer. If the item was signed after a certificate was revoked, the user receives a security warning message.
• The certificate list browser displays root Certificate Authorities and sub-Certificate Authorities. Users can select separate certificates for signing and encrypting an item.
• Users can select different trust options for individual Certificate Authorities.
• Additional options on the Advanced Option dialog box give the user more control over what a signed or encrypted item will contain.
• An user's S/MIME capabilities and preferences are stored locally.
• Features have been added for greater S/MIME Version 2 and S/MIME Version 3 compliance.
• Any Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) compatible with the Microsoft Base or Enhanced Cryptographic Provider is now supported.
• Ability to import and export public certificates in DER or Base64 format has been included.
• Administrative locking of signature, encryption, encryption algorithm, and key size settings is now available.
• Users can search for security certificates using an LDAP directory service.
• Users can retrieve security certificates from their smart cards through a smart card reader.

Calendar Printing Enhancements
Users can now perform the following:

• Print calendars to a file in an HTML table format
• Print calendars from the Archive
• Preview and print colored RTF text in calendars
• Use Print Preview to show different form and paper sizes
• Print calendars with Show Appointment As information (shading that shows availability)
• Change the order in the Multi-User Setup checklist
• Turn shading on and off in the print forms that support shading
• Turn separator lines on and off between data items 

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Remote Mode Enhancements
The following features are new in GroupWise Remote:

• Archive
• Ability to change the main GroupWise password
• Notify can notify users of newly downloaded messages
• Backup functionality is available

The following enhancements have been added:

• Improved address resolution
• Warning of unsent items when you exit GroupWise
• Increased performance

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Address Book Enhancements
Information About Users
Users can find detailed information about other users without needing to look them up in the Address Book. This is called Quick Info. Position the mouse pointer over any name in the To, CC, BC, or From boxes of a message and all the information for that person displays. You can turn Quick Info on or off.

eDirectory Roles and Groups
Users can select Novell® eDirectoryTM roles and groups from the Address Book and send items to them.

Shared Address Book Columns
Users can arrange their address book columns differently from the way the columns are arranged by the owner of the shared address book.

Company Information
Company Name displays in both the Name and Organization fields. Company Phone Number displays in the Office Phone Number field.

LDAP Address Book Enhancements
The last query results list is maintained between sessions and between switching to different address books.
Users can stop a query before it has finished.
LDAP version 3 and SSL are supported.

Printing Enhancements
From the Address Book, you can print address labels, lists of users, and selected fields from individual users' personal information.

New Filter
A Begins With filter has been added.

New Buttons
Previous/Next buttons have been added in the Address Book information dialog box.

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Improved Notification
The following enhancements have been made:

• Notify can be automatically started when GroupWise starts
• Alarms can be sent to a pager
• Users can select the amount of snooze time when an alarm goes off
• A Close All button is available when a user has several notifications
• Notify is available in Remote and Caching modes

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Improved Rules
When users create a vacation rule to reply to incoming items, Reply to All is disabled to avoid mass messages being sent when the rule is activated. Reply rules can now handle different Accept levels.

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Improved Forwarding
You can now forward an item without embedding it as an attachment. You can also select several items and forward them all at once.

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New Send, Accept, Decline, Forward, and Reply Buttons
Menus have been added to these buttons with additional options.

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Windows Time Zone Setting
When creating and displaying appointments, messages, and so forth, GroupWise now uses the Windows time zone setting of the local machine, rather than the time zone of the POA. This allows users located in different time zones to be on the same post office and still have their appointments displayed correctly for their local time zone.

When users use Proxy to manage someone else's Mailbox or Calendar, appointments will display in the Calendar according to the proxy's time zone. (This is the opposite of how appointments were displayed when using Proxy in previous versions of GroupWise.)

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Default Browser Window When Opening a Link
Users have the option to launch a new browser instead of having the page display in a browser window that is already open.

MS-TNEF Attachments
MS-TNEF attachments are properly decoded and displayed.

Sorting by Column Headings
Users can sort the Item List by clicking a column heading. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading a second time.

Unread Items Count
A count of unread items displays in square brackets to the right of every folder (except shared folders) containing unread items.

Trash Items Count
A count of all items (read and unread) in the Trash displays in square brackets to the right of the Trash.

Undo
Users can undo the last text action in the Subject or Message field of messages they are composing.

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