Chapter 3 Getting Started

Once Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook is installed and configured on your desktop, you can open Outlook and begin using Connector for Microsoft Outlook. This section describes the initial settings and appearance, and also some of the typical getting started tasks.

The following topics are discussed in this chapter:

• Starting Outlook

• Appearance

• Typical Initial Profile

• Accessing Your Inbox

• Accessing Your Calendar

• Accessing Your Contacts

Starting Outlook

When you first start Outlook, you may be asked which profile to use. Select the Connector for Microsoft Outlook profile that you created during installation and click OK.

Appearance

When Outlook opens, you see:

• Outlook Shortcuts: Outlook Today, Inbox, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes, and Deleted Items.

• Folders List

  The Folders List is made up of the following:

  • Your mail Inbox and other mail folders in your specified mail server.

  • Your Calendar, Tasks, and Shared Calendars which are stored on the calendar server.

  • Your Contacts are stored on the address book server.

  • Your Outbox which is a local folder used for sending mail.

Typical Initial Profile

The Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook software that is installed on the client enables server-side features and functionality available through the user interface. A typical Connector for Microsoft Outlook profile consists of:

• Mail — the information store for incoming mail (IMAP) and SMTP transport for outgoing mail.

• Calendar — the information store for calendar data.

• Address Book — the information store for contacts.

Accessing Your Inbox

You can access your email Inbox on the Sun Java System Messaging Server using one of the following methods:

• Select the Inbox subfolder under Folders - your name.

• In the Outlook Today view, select Inbox under the Messages category.

• Click Inbox under the Outlook Shortcuts view.

Accessing Your Calendar

You can access your default calendar on the Sun Java System Calendar Server using one of the following methods:

• Select the Calendar subfolder under Folders - your name.

• In the Outlook Today view, select Calendar.

• Select Calendar under the Outlook Shortcuts view.

Accessing Your Contacts

You can access your contacts on the Sun Java System Address Book Server using one of the following methods:

• Select Contacts under Folders - your name.

• Select Contacts under the Outlook Shortcuts view.