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Deploying the HCL Connections Mail Plug-in
The HCL Connections Mail Plug-in can be integrated into HCL Connections to let users use their inbox and view their calendar in Connections.
Preparing to install the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in
Before you install the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in, you must ensure that components are installed and that your environment is configured.
Verifying your environment for the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in
To ensure that your environment can support the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in, complete this task.

Deploying the HCL Connections Mail Plug-in
The HCL Connections Mail Plug-in can be integrated into HCL Connections to let users use their inbox and view their calendar in Connections.
- Installation overview
  Before you install, review the steps that are required to install the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in.
- HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in system requirements
  HCL Connections Mail Plug-In installs on all systems adhering to the general HCL Connections system requirements.
- Accessibility features for HCL Connections Mail
  Accessibility features help users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully.
- Preparing to install the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in
  Before you install the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in, you must ensure that components are installed and that your environment is configured.
  - Configuring SPNEGO for the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in
    You can use SPNEGO to create a secure environment between Connections and your Microsoft™ Exchange or HCL Domino® mail servers. For Domino servers, it is better to use LTPA.
  - Configuring single sign-on for the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in using LTPA
    You can use single sign-on to create a secure environment between Connections and your HCL Domino® mail servers. This method cannot be used for Microsoft™ Exchange mail servers.
  - Importing SSL certificates
    For the Connections server to connect to Microsoft™ Exchange mail servers or HCL Domino® mail servers with self-signed certificates, you must import SSL certificates.
  - Verifying your environment for the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in
    To ensure that your environment can support the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in, complete this task.
- Installing the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in
  To install the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in, use IBM® Installation Manager, the same program that is used to install HCL Connections. For IBM i, manual installation is required.
- Configuring the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in
  After installing the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in, you must configure additional options before it is ready to use.
- Uninstalling the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in
  To uninstall the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in, use IBM® Installation Manager. For IBM i, uninstall manually.

Verifying your environment for the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in

To ensure that your environment can support the HCL Connections™ Mail Plug-in, complete this task.

Procedure

Verify that Connections is working:
1. Log in to Connections.
2. Create, read, update, and delete items in each installed application, such as Activities. Verify that changes are made successfully.
3. Verify that the information is updated on the Connections home page.
4. Use Connections search to search all of Connections, and verify that results show.
5. Use Connections search to search within an application, such as Communities. Verify that result show.
6. Verify that changes can be made in the profiles database. Complete on of these steps:
  - On the Domino® database, populate the profiles into the connection database, and then and verify that the information is changed in Profiles database.
  - On other supported platforms: Change LDAP data in the Profiles database, and verify that the information is changed in Profiles. For more information, see Synchronizing source changes such as LDAP with Profiles.
Verify that SSO or SPNEGO is working:
1. Remain logged in to Connections. In the same browser, open HCL iNotes® or Microsoft™ Outlook Web Access. You should not be prompted to log in, and you should be able access your mail.

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