Installing IBM mail support for Microsoft Outlook
IBM® mail support for Microsoft™ Outlook (IBM mail client) provides the code you need to access your IBM Notes® mail with Microsoft Outlook.
Before you begin
Note: Your administrator may have installed the IBM mail client for you. To check whether the client is installed, open the Windows™ Control Panel, then open the list of installed programs. If you see
IBM Mail Sync, the client is installed and you can ignore this topic and continue
to the procedure Adding a new Microsoft Outlook profile.Also note the following information:
- Before you install the IBM mail client, make sure you comply with the Client requirements.
- Your administrator provides you access to the installation file, if the client isn't installed for your automatically.
- Personal firewalls might need to be temporarily disabled, or be properly configured to allow the IBM mail client installation to complete.
- To install requires administrator account access to your computer.
- The IBM mail client requires that the following software
be installed.
- Microsoft .NET framework 4.5.2
- Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
Note: Updates or new versions of the IBM mail client are available to IBM
SmartCloud® Notes® users automatically. You or your administrator install the client the first time.
Then when an upgrade is available, you are automatically prompted to download it.
Procedure
To install the IBM mail add-in, run the
IMSMO_client.exe file that your administrator provided to you. Follow the
installation instructions. For information about troubleshooting installation problems, see
Troubleshooting tips.