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Mail Check Channel

Mail Check shows you if your mail server is alive and the number of unread messages.

Depending on how the administrator has configured the Desktop, the mail check channel might provide the option to edit your mail server preferences. By default, the mail check channel is configured to read the settings from the NetMail email application, and does not provide an edit button.

If the mail check channel’s edit button is enabled, you can specify the server and user information in the edit page.

To Enable Mail Check

If the NetMail information is not already set for you, you can set mail server and user information in the User Information channel.

  1. From User Information channel, select Edit.
  2. The Edit User Information page displays.

  3. Enter the required information in the NetMail Information section.
  4. Contact your system administrator if you are unsure of any of the information requested.

  5. Choose Finished to save your changes and return to the Desktop page or choose Cancel to return to the Desktop without making changes.

To Edit Mail Check Preferences

If the mail check channel has an edit button, you can edit the settings for the server and user preferences.

  1. Choose the Edit button.
  2. Specify your server and user settings.
  3. Choose Finished to save your changes and return to the Desktop page, or Choose Cancel to return to the Desktop without making changes.

Editing the Channel’s Display Settings

This dialog allows you to personalize display of mail message on your desktop.

To modify mail display options from the Account Information page, do the following:

  1. Select Edit Channel Display Settings
  2. Enter the number of headers you want displayed on the Portal Desktop and check Display Headers.
  3. Select the sort order

Editing Mobile Mail Preferences

You can configure the mailserver and customize the channel’s display settings using the Mobile Mail Preferences page.

To receive mails from different POP3 connections on your mobile, do the following:

  1. Select Add and enter the POP3 connection details such as Collection Name, POP Server, POP Server Port, POP User ID, and Password. If you want to delete the mails from the POP server after collecting them, check Delete Messages from Server
  2. Click Edit to modify POP Information
  3. Click Finished to save your changes and return to the Desktop page or choose Cancel to return to the Desktop without making changes.
  4. You can remove a POP Collection by selecting it and clicking Delete

To view mails from POP3 connection on the mobile device, do the following:

  1. Log onto Portal Server from your mobile
  2. Select View > Mail Home > Collections
  3. Under Collections, you will find a list of POP3 servers
  4. Select the connection you want to view and the mails will be displayed

Mobile Mail Views

You can manage the mobile mail views in the following ways:

  1. Rules define your selection criteria for the messages you want to view. They are added to Views so that a combination of rules can be used together.
  2. Views are a collection of rules that allow you to view your mailbox in a number of ways. Views that you configure for a device are available when you use that device.
  3. Mail Views are associated with the mobile devices they are accessed from. To create, edit or delete a mail view, select it’s corresponding mobile device first from Device Views.

Other Mobile Mail Preferences

The following mobile mail preferences are also available:


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