Novell® GroupWise® 6.5 provides substantial improvements over GroupWise 6 in five key areas:
Expanded Client Features: The GroupWise client has an updated look and feel. The new Contacts folder provides access to the Frequent Contacts address book in the Address Book or any personal address book of your choice. From the Contacts folder, you can view, create, and modify contacts, resources, organizations, and groups. The new Checklist folder provides an area to create a personal task list. You can move any items to this folder, arrange them in the order you want, and check them off as you complete them. In addition, you can view any folder as a Checklist, allowing you to reorder messages and other mailbox items into a task list. You can assign color-coded categories messages, appointment, contacts, and so on and edit the displayed subject of any item, allowing you to more efficiently manage your mailbox.
Improved Security: Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections can now be required by the administrator for all client access (GroupWise, POP3, and IMAP4) to GroupWise mailboxes. In addition, the Internet Agent and the WebAccess Agent can connect to post offices using SSL connections.
Spam Handling: The GroupWise 6.5 client has a new Junk Mail Handling feature that lets users quickly control unwanted Internet e-mail messages (spam) with block lists and by automatically filing in the Junk Mail folder all messages from senders that are not in your personal address books (including Frequent Contacts). In addition, the Internet Agent can be configured to reject messages from known open relay hosts and spam hosts. Combined, these features protect users from seeing unwanted messages in their GroupWise mailboxes.
Virus Scanning: By integrating third-party software into GroupWise as trusted applications, you can scan messages and attachments for viruses and prevent virus damage to your system.
Instant Messaging: Novell GroupWise Messenger is a corporate-based, secure instant messaging solution that supports instant messaging, presence, and archiving of conversations. GroupWise Messenger must be installed separately from GroupWise. For information, see the Novell GroupWise Messenger Installation Guide (NovellMessengerInstallationGuide.pdf) in the \server\docs\en directory on the GroupWise Messenger 1.0 CD.
For a complete listing of all major enhancements and new features in the GroupWise components, please refer to the following sections: