For more information about DOLS enablement, see the topic Setting up the server to run DOLS.

Lotus iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook supports Outlook 98, 2000, or XP. The Microsoft Outlook client must be a "Corporate or Workgroup" client. To check your Outlook client, start Microsoft Outlook, then choose Help - About.

Note Lotus iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook does not support "Internet Mail Only" clients.

Setting up mail files on the server

To set up your iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook users, follow these steps.

1. Register users with the Extended Mail template (MAIL6EX.NTF).

• For existing users, replace the design of their mail files with the Extended Mail template. For new users, create mail files with the Extended Mail template.
• Enable the "Set Internet password" field in each user’s Person document in the Domino Directory.
• The download page of an iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook mail database gives the user an option to download a directory catalog (address book) along with the subscription. To download the catalog, add the following setting to the NOTES.INI file:

$DOLSDirectoryCatalog=file name of the directory catalog

For example, to have users download the catalog DircatOne.nsf with their mail file, add the following to the NOTES.INI file:

$DOLSDirectoryCatalog=DircatOne.nsf

See the topic Creating a DOLS Offline Security Policy document for information about creating a policy document.

Provide users with a URL that points to their mail file. Append /inotes to the end of the URL. For example:

http://server1/mail/jsmith.nsf/inotes

To use their iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook mail file, users must do the following:

1. Open a Web browser and enter the URL of the mail file.

2. When prompted, enter their Notes user name and Internet password to access the download page.

From the download page, users can choose the language of the Lotus iNotes Sync Manager (client software for managing and synchronizing the mail file); choose to encrypt the mail file; choose whether or not to download a directory catalog along with the mail file; and choose whether or not to install an offline version of their mail file. Users can find detailed help on these options on the download page.

4. Start Outlook. When prompted, choose one of the following mail profiles:

• Mail on servername - the version of the mail file on the Lotus Domino 6 server.
• Local Mail - the version of the mail file on the local computer

See Also

Domino server tasks