IBM COLLABORATIVE PORTAL 2.2.1 User Manual

Perform the following steps to enable the Mail portlet in Messaging: 

1.  Login to the portal using a Portal Administrator ID (for example, wpsadmin) and password. 

2.  Go to the Messaging Welcome page. 

3. Click 

the 

Mail tab. 

4.  Move the mouse pointer to the top of the Mail portal window and you will see a downward 

pointing triangle on the right corner. Click on the triangle to see a down-drop list and select 
configure from the list. 

5. In 

the 

Mail Configuration portal window, select the IBM Lotus Notes radio button to select 

Notes as the default Server Type/Protocol. 

6. On 

the 

IBM Lotus Notes line, click the configure icon. 

7. In 

the 

Mail portal window, enter the mail server name. For this Solution Starting Point, this is the 

same as your directory server (for example, directory.mynetwork.com) and the port number 
(for example, 80). 

8. Click 

OK. 

9.  When it returns to the Mail configuration portal window, click Done. 

10.  Logout from the portal and login again using a non-administrator ID and password. Go to the 

Messaging Welcome page and select the Mail tab to verify Lotus mail is available in the Mail 
portal window. 

Perform the following steps to enable the Mail portlet in Domino Web Access: 

1.  Stop the IBM WebSphere Portal Express by going to the <was_profile_root>\bin directory 

and enter the following command in a command prompt window:  

stopserver.bat WebSphere_Portal -user <admin_userid> -password 
<admin_password>

 

2.  Go to the <WP_root>\shared\app\config directory and locate the 

 file. 

3.  Make a backup copy of this file before editing it. 

4.  Open this file in a text editor. 

5.  Locate the following section in the file:  

 

6.  Under the heading in the previous step, remove the comment tag (#) from the beginning of the 

line that contains CS_SERVER_DOMINO_DIRECTORY_1.userid= 

7.  At the end of the line, add a user ID that has appropriate access in the LDAP directory that 

supports Collaborative Services. Type the Lotus Domino LDAP fully-qualified name (for example, 
cn=wpsadmin,o=organization_name

) for the user. 

8.  Go to the line that contains CS_SERVER_DOMINO_DIRECTORY_1.encryptedpwd= 

9.  Remove the comment tag (#) from the beginning of the line. 

10.  Copy the line that contains CS_SERVER_DOMINO_DIRECTORY_1.encryptedpwd= and paste it 

into a new file. 

 

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