Setting Up Groupwise Modes And Accounts; Groupwise Modes; Online Mode; Caching Mode - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Setting Up GroupWise Modes and
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As a GroupWise administrator, you might need to help users with the various GroupWise modes
and account types.
Section 68.1, "GroupWise Modes," on page 1075
Section 68.2, "Accounts," on page 1082

68.1 GroupWise Modes

GroupWise provides three different ways to run the GroupWise client: Online mode, Caching mode,
and Remote mode.
Section 68.1.1, "Online Mode," on page 1075
Section 68.1.2, "Caching Mode," on page 1075
Section 68.1.3, "Remote Mode," on page 1077
NOTE: Remote mode is not available in the GroupWise Linux/Mac client.
Most GroupWise features are available in all three GroupWise modes, with a few exceptions:
Subscribing to other users' notifications is not available in Caching mode.
Subscribing to other users' notifications and Proxy are not available in Remote mode.

68.1.1 Online Mode

When users use Online mode, they are connected to their post office on the network. The user's
mailbox displays the messages and information stored in the network mailbox, which is called the
Online mailbox. Online mode is connected to the Online mailbox continuously. In Online mode, if
the Post Office Agent (POA) shuts down or users lose network connection, they temporarily lose the
connection to their mailboxes.
Users should use this mode if they do not have a lot of network traffic, or if they use several different
workstations and do not want to download a local mailbox to each one.

68.1.2 Caching Mode

Caching mode stores a copy of a user's Online mailbox, including messages and other information,
on the user's local drive. This allows GroupWise to be used whether or not the network or Post
Office Agent is available. Because the user is not connected to the network all the time, this mode
cuts down on network traffic and has the best performance. A connection is made automatically to
retrieve and send new messages. All updates are performed in the background so GroupWise work
is not interrupted.

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