Automatic detection of mail files

Messaging portlets are configured by default to detect a user's source mail file (a Notes database) based on the identity with which the user signs into the portal. The LDAP server for Lotus Collaborative Services, and Single Sign-On configuration for the portal site, are requirements to support this feature.

The messaging portlets that use automatic detection are:

• Lotus Notes View

• Domino Web Access

In all cases described below, the automatic detection feature requires that the portal site is configured for multi-server single sign-on (SSO) authentication as described in Enabling multiserver SSO authentication. Automatic detection when both the portal and Collaborative Services authenticate to an Lotus Domino LDAPTip: The Domino-WebSphere Portal Integration Wizard can configure automatic detection for you when the portal uses a Lotus Domino LDAP user directory.

Automatic detection works in these portlets whether both directories are Lotus Domino LDAP, or they are the same Lotus Domino LDAP directory.

Automatic detection when the portal authenticates to an LDAP directory that is not Lotus Domino, and Collaborative Services authenticate to a Lotus Domino LDAP

This case requires the following tasks:

• Extend the LDAP schema on the LDAP directory that is not Lotus Domino, by adding the following attributes:

  mailserver=mailserver.domain.com mailfile=mail/usermail.nsf
  

  The forward slash in the specification for the mailfile attribute is required.

• On the Lotus Domino LDAP directory, take one of the following actions:

  • Extend the schema as above.

  • If your organization prefers not to extend the schema, populate the directory with a separate Person document for each user. The document must specify the name the person uses for logging in to the portal in either the Short Name or Common Name field. You can run an agent to create the documents.

• In addition, if you use the Common Mail portlet, modify the CSEnvironment.properties file on the portal server to include settings that will work for both the Common Mail portlet and the Domino and Extended Products Portlets, if your site uses both. For more information, see the section on Configuring automatic mail detection using a non-Domino LDAP directory.

  If you use only the Domino and Extended Products Portlets portlets such as Domino Web Access or Lotus Notes View, these settings are unnecessary.

Automatic detection when both the portal and Collaborative Services authenticate to an LDAP directory that is not Lotus Domino

Automatic detection also works when neither directory is a Lotus Domino LDAP, but extend the schema in both directories as described above.

Parent topic:

Plan for collaborative servers and portlets

Related tasks

Enable multi-server SSO authentication
Configure automatic mail detection using a non-Domino LDAP directory

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