Configuring a mail server

Configure a mail server for use with an IBM® Sametime® Advanced deployment.

About this task

Follow these steps to configure a mail server for the Sametime Advanced deployment:

Log in to the Integrated Solutions Console as an IBM WebSphere® Application Server administrator.
- In a single-server deployment, log in from theSametime Advanced server.
- In a clustered deployment, log in from the cluster's Deployment Manager.
Click Resources > Mail > Mail Sessions.
In the "Mail Sessions" screen, expand the Scope section and select a scope:
- In a single-server deployment the scope is a server, so select your server from the list (for example: Node=node_name, Server=server1).
- In a clustered deployment the scope is a cluster, so select your cluster from the list.
In the table, click the New button to create a new mail session.

Fill out the new mail session form as follows:

On this form, some fields have information supplied already, which you can accept or modify; you must provide values for the following fields:

Option	Description
Name	Type a name for the mail server; for example: `Sametime Mail Notifier`
JNDI Name	Provide an associated JNDI name; use: `mail/sametime/notifier`
Mail transport host	Provide the fully qualified host name of your SMTP server; for example: `sales.example.com`
Mail transport protocol	Select the mail transport protocol; in this example, it would be `SMTP` You can optionally supply a user name and password for the SMTP server; this is only necessary when your SMTP server requires them for authentication before sending email.
Mail from	Type the email address to be used as the "From" address when sending notifications.