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April 2005 Highlights - Novell GroupWise Toolkit

Take advantage of convenient online access to all GroupWise® Toolkit resources! This month, you can review the latest updates to LogicSource® for GroupWise, try out new bonus utilities, apply essential files and patches, read interesting Novell Connection articles, scan new Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) and do much more. Start reading and using these resources today!

Advanced and Expanded Resources

Updated LogicSource for GroupWise

Have you had questions about GroupWise WebAccess? LogicSource has your answers. The latest LogicSource for GroupWise update focuses on the architecture behind the GroupWise WebAccess Agent. In addition to an architecture emphasis, the update includes an explanation of all the WebAccess Agent configuration files. It also includes the steps you can take to configure the WebAccess Agent—on either NetWare 6.5 or SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server—so that it is easier to troubleshoot.

This update also address security: all GroupWise WebAccess sessions should be secured with SSL certificates. In particular, GroupWise Wireless devices usually require a specific kind of Verisign certificate. This latest update to LogicSource for GroupWise explains how to implement a Verisign certificate to be used by an Apache Web server on a NetWare server.

Exclusive Articles

We've looked for the GroupWise topics you want to know more about and written new, exclusive articles that give you exactly the information you need:

GWCheck Switches Explained

GroupWise Check (GWCheck) is a tool that helps you check and repair GroupWise user, message, library and resource databases. It can also check users' remote, caching and archive databases. You can opt to run GWCheck with switches, all of which are designed to be run from the standalone version of GWCheck. This article explains GWCheck switches in detail, noting when and how you should use them.

Installing GroupWise Client Files with SETUPIP

You can set up special directories on your Web server that contain the SETUPIP files needed to install GroupWise Client files from a specific software distribution directory (SDD). This article explains how to proceed and explains why it's a good idea.

Bonus Utilities

Make the most of Novell GroupWise by enhancing it with some of the latest online bonus utilities:

  • BrainShare Session Importer for GroupWise—imports 2005 BrainShare session schedules into GroupWise
  • Formativ Applet: Attachment Checker Solution—scans messages for phrases that infer you meant to add an attachment (If phrase found, but no attachments are present, it asks if you forgot to add an attachment.)
  • GWQuoting—offers a smart GroupWise Quoting replacement
  • GWBiz: :Control—enables administrators to easily distribute proxy rights and set network/local archive paths
  • GWBiz: :Retain—helps you ensure compliance with new regulations by retaining all GroupWise 6.5 messages and documents
  • PortaMail for SmartPhone—synchronizes Microsoft SmartPhones with GroupWise 5.5 and later
  • Formativ Applet: No Junk Mail—prevents spam from reaching your mailbox
  • Formativ Applet: Today View Solution—adds new calendar views to GroupWise
  • GuidTest—enables you to generate a list of objects with the missing GUID
  • SavAGE—provides an anti-virus agent for GroupWise

Support Resources

Latest Files and Patches

You and your energy can return to your organization's strategic projects: leave the systems-updating tasks to the 36 GroupWise patches now available online through the Subscriber Portal. Install them right away to start enjoying peak security and efficiency.

Technical Information Resources

Novell Connection articles

Want the scoop on some of the hottest new technologies from Novell? Be sure to read the November/December 2004 and January/February 2005 editions of Novell Connection on the Subscriber Portal. Here's a sampling of the latest articles:

November/December:

  • Bottom Line–Novell Remote and Managed Services—Helping IT organizations achieve high levels of performance and success
  • Proof Point–eGovernment at Work—The state of Nebraska uses Nsure and exteNd solutions on SUSE LINUX to beef up services
  • Tech Talk #1–Novell's Open Desktop Initiative—Novell's move to a Linux desktop
  • Tech Talk #2–Consistently Consistent—Software packaging with ZENworks 6.5
  • Tech Talk #3–More More More—Novell exteNd 5.2 and the pursuit of SOA-called happiness
  • Tech Talk #4–Bright ideas—Efficient Windows management with ZENworks 6.5 Suite
  • Tech Talk #5–Cheat Sheet—A sneak peek at the Novell CLE Study Guide
  • Tech Talk #6–Smooth Moves—GroupWise 6.5 transitioning to Linux
  • Tech Talk #7–Identity-Driven Storage Management—Novell File System Factory
  • Fine Print–Novell Support Forums—A wealth of information

January/February

  • Bottom Line–The Right Stuff—Novell Open Enterprise Server: The Right Ingredient for Your Business Infrastructure
  • Tech Talk #1–Mission Possible—Driving Identity in Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Tech Talk #2–In Good Company—Novell Open Enterprise Server Brings the Lexus of File Systems to Linux
  • Tech Talk #3–Over and Over and Over and Over—Novell Clustered Services
  • Tech Talk #4–On a Roll—When Two Worlds Collide: Migration and Deployment Strategies for Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Tech Talk #5–Stop Dreaming—You Have a Dream: Open Source—The ''Both Source'' Way
  • Tech Talk #6–To the Point—Seeing the Big Picture: Open Enterprise Server Momentum

New Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs)

Dozens of accurate answers and proven fixes are within reach. We've compiled 62 new Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) during the past three months. These documents provide answers and tips for resolving technical issues. Search them today and get the information you need to keep GroupWise performing at its best.

Product Communities articles

For technological inspiration—and a peek at the newest product information—check out the 29 new Product Communities articles that focus on GroupWise. These articles—which also include Cool Solutionscontent—deliver technical analysis, general overviews and quick tips on your favorite products and solutions. Start reading today!

Online Web Forums Archive

Ask away: you'll find an entire spectrum of answers from your peers in the online Web Forums Archive. Visit the live forums, or search technical hints, deployment options, workarounds, general troubleshooting suggestions and much more at support.novell.com/forums/

What's New and Upcoming

Novell Tech Select Service Promotion

Novell offers a variety of subscription options, but Novell Tech Select Service is the only one that includes support. And now, if you purchase a Novell Tech Select Service subscription before the end of April, you will receive three standard (not electronic) Novell Technical Support incidents. This is a great value, and it's ideal for any small- to medium-sized business without a support contract.

Reassign Your Subscription

If your subscription benefits include an administrator account, you can easily reassign your subscription to someone else in your organization. To reassign any of the subscriptions included in your administrator account, simply access the Subscriber Portal (at http://support.novell.com/subscriptions/portal/spc), select your administrator account under "My Subscriptions," click "Manage Subscriptions" and click "reassign." [Please note that you will also need to forward the welcome kit and any previously received update kits to the new owner(s).]

Get 30 Percent Off the New Novell GroupWise 6.5 User's Handbook

Visit our Web site at http://support.novell.com/bookpromo.html to receive 30 percent off the new Novell GroupWise 6.5 User's Handbook. This guide helps users understand the features in GroupWise 6.5 to manage e-mail, schedules and workloads. It also introduces new features of this version, including improvements to the user interface and to integration tools for third-party developers.

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