HP TeamLinks V5.0

Compaq Computer Corporation, 2001 2
Performance Enhancements
Previous releases of TeamLinks fetched and listed
documents from the mail server in smaller blocks. In
this release, all documents are read from the server at
one time when a folder is first visited. TeamLinks
remembers the list of documents that have been
fetched for each folder visited and displays the stored
information the next time the same folder is visited.
You can refresh the folders to resynchronize the
contents with the server.
Office Server V5.0 based enhancements
TeamLinks takes advantage of the fault tolerance and
fail over capabilities of Office Server V5.0 and later
versions on OpenVMS Alpha and VAX. This
augments the automatic reconnection in the event of a
network disconnect, automatically switching to another
FCS and AIDA server on the Server. In addition,
Office Server V5.0 and V6.0 enable system managers
to perform load balancing, ensuring the TeamLinks
user population are spread across multiple instances of
FCS and AIDA servers on a Server or Servers in a
cluster for optimum performance.
Office Server based TeamLinks users may also
perform cross-filing operations and deposit and
retrieve messages from the Office Server archive.
Support for Roaming Users
User Profiles may now be stored on any mail server*
thus supporting roaming users (*excludes Internet Mail
servers).
TeamLinks Mail - Message Functions
Users can create, read, forward, reply, delete and send
messages using the commands provided. Autoreply
(Compaq Office Server and ALL-IN-1 only), mail
delegation (Compaq Office Server and ALL-IN-1
only), autoforward, blind carbon copy (Bcc), delivery
receipts and read receipts are also supported. Message
attachments may include any other message or file in a
variety of file format types. Format converters and
viewers, along with appropriate gateways, can be
invoked to access and transfer this type of mail
message. Messages can be addressed to one or more
users at any valid server supported destination (e.g.
LDAP, Office Server, ALL-IN-1, X.400, OpenVMS
Mail) worldwide. SMTP messages can also be
addressed to Internet Mail users from any supported
TeamLinks server. When replying to a message, the
system automatically addresses the answer for transfer
back to the original sender. The recipient of a mail
message has the option to reply to the sender, to other
recipients of the message, to include/exclude oneself
from the reply list and optionally include the main
body of the text message in the reply. TeamLinks
permits multiple Create Message and Read Message
windows along with the option to print, edit and read a
created message and its attachments prior to sending
the message.
Attachments
Files stored in the file cabinet and application files
such as word processing files and spreadsheets can be
included in the Create/Read message windows and
mailed as attachments to a mail message. The long
filenames, associated with these attached documents,
are supported by TeamLinks when specifying the
document name in the attachment list. To view these
attachments, TeamLinks Mail either invokes the
appropriate viewer (if one is available) or launches the
associated application to display the attachment.
Addressing
During message creation, a user can select mail
addresses from the associated user directory (e.g. the
Distributed Directory Service - DDS, Compaq
Enterprise Directory – was known as X.500 and LDAP
compliant directories through Office Server), a
Personal Address Book, a distribution list, the
ALL-IN-1 subscriber list or by simply typing in the
address. All five services can be used in combination
during message creation to automatically validate or
look up a mail address. On OpenVMS, DDS is
available as part of the VAX Message Router.
Likewise, the Enterprise Directory service is used with
MAILbus 400 and from Office Server LDAP
directories can be accessed. The Personal Address
Book allows users to store and retrieve commonly used
mail addresses, along with name, phone number and
nickname. Distribution lists provide an easy way to
address large groups of users. The Personal Address
Book and distribution lists can be validated against the
user's directory services.
Filing Services
The distributed file cabinet model presents the user
with one logical file cabinet structure and provides
storage remotely (stored on Office Server, ALL-IN-1
Server, MailWorks Server or Microsoft Exchange
Server) as well as locally (stored on the local or virtual
hard disk) in drawers containing folders, which contain
mail messages, documents or both. Electronic filing
enables users to share and organize files across
platforms. Inbound and outbound message transfers
make use of the remote file cabinet. The TeamLinks
client can be used in environments with the Microsoft
Exchange server either standalone or in combination
with ALL-IN-1, Office Server, MailWorks or Internet
mail servers. When used in combination with one or
more of these servers, the TeamLinks user can move
documents between Exchange, Office Server,
ALL-IN-1, MailWorks and Local file cabinets.