Use the PowerShare Admin application to set up a mail connection between
the PowerShare System and a foreign mail system running on the same
network. A mail connection allows users of AppleMail to exchange
messages with users of other mail applications, including AppleLink and
QuickMail.
To set up a mail connection, you must first install and run a
third-party gateway application that oversees communications between
different types of mail systems. You must install and run the gateway on
the same Macintosh on which a PowerShare Mail Server is installed and
running.
Follow these steps to set up a gateway:
1) Start the gateway application installed on the Macintosh on which
a Mail Server is running. Depending on the type gateway you installed,
you will be asked to provide a gateway name and password. At some point
in the set up, the gateway will establish communications with the
PowerShare Mail Server, which will ask you to identify yourself with an
administrator name and password.
2) Enter the appropriate name and password, then click OK. The Mail
Server creates a record for the gateway and stores it in the System
Catalog. It also creates a queue for the gateway, allowing it to store
messages on the Mail Server. The Mail Server then returns control to
the gateway. The gateway completes its set up process. Now you can use
the PowerShare Admin application to set up a connection to a foreign
mail system through the gateway.
Follow these steps to set up a mail connection:
1) Open the PowerShare Admin application and choose the system on which
you installed the gateway. The Servers window should display the newly
installed gateway.
2) Switch to Manage mode and choose Show Mail Systems Window from the
Servers menu A Mail Systems window for the current PowerShare System
appears. If you have not yet established any external mail systems the
window is empty.
3) Click the New button. The New Mail System dialog box appears, asking
you to create a new mail system.
4) In the Name field, type a name for the mail link.
5) Choose the type of mail connection: Open the Type pop-up menu and
choose a mail system. Choose the type of mail system you will be
connecting; some examples include AppleLink, QuickMail and Microsoft
Mail.
6) Open the Gateway pop-up menu and choose the gateway that you are using
to make the connection. Any gateways currently installed on the
PowerShare System are listed in the pop-up menu.
7) Click Create. The PowerShare Admin application creates the new Mail
Link, which is now displayed in the Mail Systems window. With the Mail
Link in place, PowerTalk users on the network can now begin exchanging
messages with users on the foreign mail system.