WebSphere Portal
Internet Mail Box

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Overview

Internet Mail Box allows your users to connect to an Internet-based mail server to receive, compose, and send Internet email. Internet Mail Box uses the JavaMail API 1.2 to support mail servers compliant with IMAP, POP3, and SMTP Internet mail protocols.

 

Use Internet Mail Box

With this portlet a user can send mail, receive mail, and view attachments. A user can also send and receive mail using a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) enabled browser. Users can point the portlet to any supported mail server with which they have an account and network access. To access Internet mail, users must edit the portlet and provide their username, password, and the following information:

Mail protocol

Specify either IMAP or POP3, depending on the protocol support by the mail server.

Mail server name

Specify the fully-qualified name of their IMAP or POP3 mail server for receiving mail.

SMTP mail server

Specify the fully-qualified host name of the server for outgoing mail only if it is different from the incoming mail server.

 

View attachments as HTML: list of file types

Internet Mail Box and Document Manager have a feature that allows users to view attachments as HTML files. This feature is useful if the recipient of a file does not have the program the file was created in.

The following table lists file types that can be viewed as HTML in the Internet Mail Box and in Document Manager.

File suffix	File type
acm	Microsoft Access 1.0, Microsoft Access 2.0
ami	Ami Pro, Ami, Professional Write Plus
bdr	Microsoft Office Binder 7.0, Microsoft Office Binder 97
bmp	Windows Bitmap, OS/2 Bitmap, OS/2 Warp Bitmap, Windows Cursor, Windows Icon, Corel Draw 2.0 - 9.0
cal or cals	CALS Raster
cgm	Computer Graphics Metafile
dbs	DBase III, DBase IV, DBase V
dez	DataEase 4.x
dif	Navy DIF
drw	Micrografx Drawing Products
dx	DEC DX 3.0 and below, DEC DX 3.1, DEC DX 4.x
dxf	AutoCad Interchange ASCII, AutoCad Interchange Binary
emf	Enhanced Windows Metafile
en4	Enable Word Processor 4.x
ens	Enable Spreadsheet
enw	Enable Word Processor 3.0
eshr	Escher internal Microsoft Office graphics format
exe	Executable, Windows Executable or DLL
fax	CCITT Group 3 Fax
fcd	First Choice DB
fcs	First Choice SS
fft	IBM DCA/FFT
flw	Freelance 1.0 & 2.0 for OS/2, Freelance 1.0 & 2.0 for Windows, Freelance 96 for Windows 95, Freelance 97 for Windows 95, Freelance for SmartSuite Millennium Edition, Freelance for SmartSuite Millennium Edition 9.6
fpx	Kodak Flash Pix
fwk	Framework III
gdsf	Interface for *.FLT filters
gif*	CompuServe GIF
gzip	UNIX GZip
hgs	Harvard Graphics DOS 3.0 Chart, Harvard Graphics DOS 2.0 Chart, Harvard Graphics DOS 3.0 Presentation
html or htm*	Internet HyperText Markup Language (up to 3.0 with some limitations)
ich	Ichitaro 8, Ichitaro 9, Ichitaro 10
ich6	Ichitaro 5, Ichitaro 6
img	GEM Image (Bitmap)
iwp	Wang IWP
jpg, jpeg*, jif, jfif	JPEG image
jw	JustWrite 1.0, JustWrite 2.0, Q&A Write 3
lzh	LZH Compress, LZA Self Extracting Compress
leg	Legacy, Wordstar for Windows
lwp	for the Win32 platforms Lotus WordPro 96, Lotus WordPro 97, Lotus WordPro for SmartSuite Millennium Edition, Lotus WordPro for SmartSuite Millennium Edition 9.6
lwp7	for non-Windows platforms (text only) Lotus WordPro 97, Lotus WordPro for SmartSuite for the Millennium, Lotus WordPro for SmartSuite Millennium Edition 9.6
m11	Mass 11
manu	Lotus Manuscript 1.0, Lotus Manuscript 2.0
mcw	MacWrite II
mif	FrameMaker MIF (text only in 7.1)
mm	MultiMate 3.6, MultiMate Advantage 2
mm4	MultiMate 4.0
mmfn	MultiMate Note
mp	Multiplan 4
mpp	Microsoft Project 98 - text only
msg	Microsoft Outlook mail format - text only
msw	Microsoft Word 4.x, Microsoft Word 5.x, Microsoft Word 6.x, Windows Write
mwkd	Mac Works 2.0 Database
mwks	Mac Works 2.0 Spreadsheet
mwp2	Mac WordPerfect 2.0, Mac WordPerfect 3.0
mwpf	Mac WordPerfect 1.x
mwrk	Mac Works 2.0 WP
ow	OfficeWriter
pbm	PBM (Portable Bitmap), PGM (Portable Graymap), PPM (Portable Pixmap)
pcd	Kodak Photo CD
pcl	PC File 5.0 Doc
pcx	Paintbrush, DCX (multi-page PCX)
pdf*	PDF Versions 2.1, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 (including Japanese PDF) and Adobe Illustrator 9.0
pdx	Paradox 2 & 3, Paradox 3.5, Paradox 4, Paradox for Windows
pfx	PFS: Write A, PFS: Write B, Professional Write 1, Professional Write 2, IBM Writing Assistant, First Choice word processor, First Choice 3 word processor
pgl	HP Graphics Language
pic	Lotus PIC
pict	Macintosh PICT, Macintosh PICT2
png	Portable Network Graphics
pntg	MacPaint
pp2	PowerPoint 3.0 for Windows, PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows, PowerPoint 4.0 for Macintosh
pp7	PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows 95
pp97	PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 98 for the Mac, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002 (XP)
ppl	PFS: Plan
psp6	(Win32 only) Paint Shop Pro 5.0-6.0
qa	Q&A Write
qad	Q&A Database
qp6	Quattro Pro 5.0 for Windows, Quattro Pro 6.0 for Windows, Quattro Pro 7.0 for Windows, Quattro Pro 8.0
qp9	QuattroPro 9, QuattroPro 2002
ras	Sun Raster
rbs	R:Base System V, R:Base 5000
rft	IBM DCA/RFT
rfx	Reflex
rtf	Rich Text Format
sam	Samna
sc5	SuperCalc 5
sdw	Ami Draw
shw3	Novell Presentations 3.0, Novell Presentations 7.0, Corel Presentations 8.0, Corel Presentations 9.0, Corel Presentations 2002
smd	Smart DataBase
sms	Smart Spreadsheet
smt	SmartWare II
snap	Lotus Snapshot
soc	StarOffice Calc 5.2 (text only)
soi	StarOffice Impress 5.2 (text only)
sow	StarOffice Writer (text only)
spt	Sprint
taz	UNIX compress, UNIX tar
text	Text - DOS character set, Text - ANSI character set, Text - Macintosh character set, Text - Unicode character set, Text Mail (MIME)
tga	Targa
tif6	Tagged Image File Format, EPS (TIFF header only), CCITT Group 3 Fax, CCITT Group 4 Fax, JPEG, JFIF (JPEG not in TIFF format)
tw	Total Word
txt	IBM DisplayWrite 2 or 3, IBM DisplayWrite 4, IBM DisplayWrite 5
vcrd	vCard
viso	Visio 4 - Page Preview mode only (WMF/EMF), Visio 5, 2000
vw3	Volkswriter
w6	Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows, Microsoft Word 7.0 for Windows 95, Microsoft WordPad
w97	Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 98 for the Mac, Microsoft Word 98-J, Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word 2002 (XP)
wbmp	WBMP wireless graphics format
wg2	Lotus 123 for OS/2 release 2
wk4	Lotus 1-2-3 3.0, Lotus 1-2-3 4.0, Lotus 1-2-3 5.0
wk6	Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite 97, Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite Millennium Edition, Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite Millennium Edition 9.6
wks	Lotus 1-2-3 1.0, Lotus 1-2-3 2.0, Symphony, Microsoft Works SS, Microsoft Works DB, VP-Planner, Mosaic Twin, Quattro (DOS), Quattro Pro (DOS), Generic WKS, Windows Works Spreadsheet, Windows Works Database
wm	WordMarc
wmf	Windows Metafile
wml	Wireless Markup Language
word	Word for Windows 1.x, Word for Windows 2.0, Word for Macintosh 4.0, Word for Macintosh 5.0
work	Microsoft Works DOS 1.0 WP, Microsoft Works DOS 2.0 WP, Microsoft Works Win 3.0 WP, Microsoft Works Win 4.0 WP
wp5	WordPerfect 5.x
wp6	WordPerfect 6.0, WordPerfect 6.1, WordPerfect 7.0, WordPerfect 8.0, WordPerfect 9.0, WordPerfect 2002
wpf	WordPerfect 4.2
wpg	WordPerfect Graphic 1.0
wpg2	WordPerfect Graphic 2.0, WordPerfect Presentations
wpl	Dec WPS Plus
wpw	Novell PerfectWorks 2.0 word processor, Novell PerfectWorks 2.0 draw, Novell PerfectWorks 2.0 spreadsheet
ws	Wordstar 3.0, Wordstar 4.0, Wordstar 5.0, Wordstar 6.0, Wordstar 7.0
ws2	Wordstar 2000
x11	X-Windows dump
xbm	X-Windows bitmap
x15	Microsoft Excel 2.x, Microsoft Excel 3.0, Microsoft Excel 4.0, Microsoft Excel 5.0, Microsoft Excel 7.0, Microsoft Excel 97, Microsoft Excel 98 for the Mac, Microsoft Excel 2000, Microsoft Excel 2002 (XP), Microsoft Excel 2.x Chart, Microsoft Excel 3.0 Chart, Microsoft Excel 4.0 Chart, Microsoft Excel 5.0 Chart, Microsoft Excel 7.0 Chart
xpm	X-Windows Pixmap
xy	XyWrite / Nota Bene, Signature
zip	PKZIP format, self-extracting .exe
odc-present.zip	Productivity Components--Presentation
odc-sheet.zip	Productivity Components--Spreadsheet
odc-text.zip	Productivity Components--Rich Text

 

* These file types are automatically supported by most HTML browsers.

 

Set up Internet Mail Box

Client requirements

This portlet supports browsers and devices capable of rendering HTML 4.0 and WML 1.0 markup. Other client requirements necessary to access the portal site might apply.

Server requirements

This portlet requires network access to a mail server that supports POP3 or IMAP Internet mail protocols.

Note: Some POP3 servers are not fully supported by javax.mail API, which is used in this portlet. For instance, Domino Server 5.0.12 POP3 cannot be used with this portlet.

 

Configuration parameters

The following configuration parameters are available in this portlet.

Parameter

Value

authMethod

This parameter must have one of the following values: UsePW Users must specify their authentication credentials (username and password) on the portlet configuration page. UseSSO Users cannot specify the authentication credentials on the portlet configuration page. Instead, the portal server credentials are passed to the mail server for authentication. This option requires that the portal server and mail server share the same credentials for all users. Users will not be able to direct this portlet to a mail server where they use different credentials.