Customizing Other Groupwise Functionality; Changing Groupwise Modes - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - LINUX-MAC CLIENT Manual

2.5 Customizing Other GroupWise Functionality

Section 2.5.1, "Changing GroupWise Modes," on page 55
Section 2.5.2, "Changing Your Display Name," on page 56
Section 2.5.3, "Setting the Key Used to Delete Items," on page 56
Section 2.5.4, "Setting the Interval for Refreshing GroupWise," on page 56
Section 2.5.5, "Using a Web Proxy," on page 57
Section 2.5.6, "Customizing Date and Time Formats," on page 57

2.5.1 Changing GroupWise Modes

GroupWise provides two different ways to run the GroupWise client:
"Online Mode" on page 55
"Caching Mode" on page 55
"Changing Modes" on page 56
You might be able to run GroupWise in either mode, or your system administrator might require that
you use only a certain mode.
Most GroupWise features are available in both GroupWise modes, with some exceptions, as listed in
Section 11.5, "Working in Caching Mode," on page
Online Mode
When you use Online mode, you are connected to your post office on the network. Your mailbox
displays the messages and information stored in your network mailbox (also called your Online
Mailbox). Online mode is connected to your network mailbox continuously. In Online mode, if your
Post Office Agent shuts down or you lose your network connection, you temporarily lose your
connection to your mailbox.
You should use this mode if you do not have a lot of network traffic, or if you use several different
workstations and do not want to download a local mailbox to each one.
Caching Mode
Caching mode stores a copy of your network mailbox, including your messages and other
information, on your local drive. This allows you to use GroupWise whether or not your network or
Post Office Agent is available. Because you are not connected to the network all the time, this mode
cuts down on network traffic and has the best performance. A connection is automatically made to
retrieve and send new messages. All updates are performed in the background so your work is not
interrupted.
You should use this mode if you have enough disk space on your local drive to store your mailbox.
For more information about setting up Caching mode, see
page 187.
188.
Chapter 11, "Caching Mode," on
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