Working With the Email Pagelet
This topic discusses personalizing and using your Email pagelet and adding an additional email account.
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Page Name |
Definition Name |
Usage |
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Personalize Email Options Page |
EO_PE_EML_PREF |
Specify the employee user email ID and password and the number of most recent email messages that should appear on the Email pagelet. |
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Update a Personal Email Account Page |
EO_PE_EML_OTHR |
Edit an existing personal email account supplying data to your Email pagelet. The fields on this page are the same as those on the Add a Personal Email Account page. |
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EO_PE_EML_OTHR |
Add a new personal external email account. Add any number of POP3 mail accounts |
Use the Personalize Email Options page (EO_PE_EML_PREF) to specify the employee user email ID and password and the number of most recent email messages that should appear on the Email pagelet.
Navigation:
Click the Customize icon on the Email pagelet.
This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Personalizing Your Email Pagelet page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.
Primary Email Account
Use the fields in the Primary Email Account group box to enter information regarding your email account supplied by your organization's designated primary email system.
Field or Control |
Description |
|---|---|
Email UserID |
Enter the user ID that corresponds to the mail type. Note: For Lotus Notes user ID, the domain needs to be specified after the user name (for example, Bob Jones/CORP). |
Mail Box |
Displays if you are using Microsoft Exchange 2003 or 2007. Enter your mailbox name. |
Number of Emails to Display |
Enter the number of messages to display on the pagelet. |
Do Not Display These Messages |
Select to have no messages appear on the pagelet. Use this feature to temporarily hide an email account. |
Additional Email Accounts
Use the Additional Email Accounts group box to add external POP3 mail accounts to your Email pagelet.
Field or Control |
Description |
|---|---|
Email Account |
This field displays after you have set up at least one email profile on the Add a Personal Email Account page. Click the account name link to access the Update a Personal Email Account page. |
UserID |
The user ID whose mail messages will appear in the pagelet. |
Edit |
Click to access the Update a Personal Email Account page, where you can change the email account setup information. |
Delete |
Click to permanently remove the email account from the pagelet. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion. |
Add an Email Account |
Click to access the Add a Personal Email Account page, where you can add new email accounts. The portal administrator predefines the account choices. |
Note: All password and ID information is stored using common functions for password data store.
Use the Add a Personal Email Account page (EO_PE_EML_OTHR) to add a new personal external email account.
Add any number of POP3 mail accounts.
Navigation:
Click the Add an Email Account button on the Personalize Email Options page.
This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Add a Personal Email Account Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.
Field or Control |
Description |
|---|---|
Email Profile Name |
Enter a unique email profile name. This is the mail identifier that appears in the pagelet. |
Mail Account Server |
Select the appropriate server. The portal administrator adds POP3 email servers to this list on the URL Maintenance page. |
URL for Mail Inbox |
Select the appropriate mail URL. The portal administrator adds URLs to this list on the URL Maintenance page. Note: Ensure that the URL selection corresponds to the mail account server. |
Mail Account UserID |
Enter the email user ID. |
Mail Account Password |
Enter the email password. |
Number of Emails to Display |
Specify the number of emails the system should display on the Email pagelet for this mail profile. |
Note: The email account must enable POP access and forwarding for it to display on the Email pagelet. Check your profile with the POP mail vendor.
Access the Email pagelet on the portal homepage.
The following example illustrates the Email pagelet.
The Email pagelet displays a list of your latest email messages.
In the preceding example, the Email pagelet uses Microsoft Outlook as the primary email service and a POP server as a secondary service.
Field or Control |
Description |
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<Server Name> |
Click the link for a server to access the server's URL in a separate browser window. |
Subject |
Click the link for a subject to open that message in a separate browser window. |