GETTING CONNECTED

Using a phone line to access Notes mail and other databases
If your physical connection is a telephone line with a dialup (digital/analog) modem, you need either a "Network Dialup" or "Notes Direct Dialup" connection to use Notes mail on a Domino server.

Before you proceed, ask your Domino administrator whether your organization has a network server. A "Network Dialup" connection lets you call a single network server to give you access to all Notes databases in your organization. If your organization does not have a network server, but instead has a modem directly attached to your home server or a passthru server, you need a "Notes Direct Dialup" connection.

Tip A network server connection may also allow you to browse the Internet. For more information, see Setting up your Web connection.

After you create this connection, you can start working either by choosing File - Mobile - Call Server, or by opening your mail database and clicking Yes in the "Make call..?" dialog box. For more information, see Calling and disconnecting from servers.

1. Gather the following:

2. (Optional) Switch to the location where you want to use this connection method.
3. Choose File - Preferences - Client Reconfiguration Wizard.

4. Select "Domino server" and in the drop-down list, do one of the following:

5. Click Next and answer the questions.

Note After you complete this type of configuration, the current Location document in your Personal Address Book contains the name of your home server and Notes mail file name and path (which Notes learns from an available Domino Directory), as well as phone settings. Notes also creates either a Network Dialup or Notes Direct Dialup Connection document to your Domino server, with the phone number of the server and the port information.

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