If you are used to working in GroupWise, you should have very little trouble adjusting to Kontact. The two programs share many concepts and provide many of the same services. This section discusses notable terminology differences, as well as some tips to help GroupWise users make the most of Kontact.
Tabelle 4.1. Kontact and GroupWise Terminology Differences
GroupWise |
Kontact |
---|---|
Appointments |
Events |
Busy search |
Free/Busy |
Notes |
Journal entries |
Posted, nonposted items |
An event without attendees is posted. If an event has attendees, it is a Sent item. |
Tasks |
To-dos |
Accessing your GroupWise server is not very different from accessing an IMAP or POP3 server. Proceed as follows:
Start Kontact and select the mail component (KMail).
Choose
+ from the menu.Select
.Create an new account with
.Choose your account type. In most cases your GroupWise account is IMAP.
Enter your login, password and hostname and proceed with
.To access your GroupWise calendar through Kontact, proceed as follows:
Start Kontact and open the calendar view (KOrganizer).
Click on
. You find this button on the lower left corner.Choose
and proceed with .Enter your name, URL, user and password. The URL is your GroupWise
server, for example https://groupwise.example.com:7191/soap
.
Apply your settings with
and leave the configuration dialog. The calendar view now includes your GroupWise calendar entries.This section contains hints to help GroupWise users work with some of the differences between GroupWise and Kontact:
You can add your GroupWise Messenger and e-mail contacts to your Kontact contact information. Then you can create an e-mail or open an instant messaging session with that contact by right-clicking the name in the Contact view.
It is helpful to color code GroupWise items, as well as items from other sources. Color coding makes it easy to scan your e-mails, contacts, and other information for items from a particular source.
Unlike GroupWise, Kontact does not automatically enter you as an attendee for events you schedule. Make sure that you remember to invite yourself.