The GroupWise client for Windows includes the enhancements and new features listed below. Changes included in GroupWise 6.5 are indicated by (v6.5). Changes included in GroupWise 6.5 Support Pack 1 are indicated by (v6.5 SP1).
For information about using new features, from the GroupWise client for Windows, click Help > What's New. For additional information about using the GroupWise client, see the GroupWise 6.5 Windows Client User Guide.
The Contacts folder, by default, represents the Frequent Contacts address book in the Address Book. (You can change the folder properties so that it represents a different address book in the Address Book.) Any modification you make in the Contacts Folder is also made in the Frequent Contacts address book.
From this folder, you can view, create, and modify contacts, resources, organizations, and groups.
The Contacts folder is a system folder, which means that it cannot be deleted.
Use the Checklist folder to create a task list. You can move any items (mail messages, phone messages, reminder notes, tasks, or appointments) to this folder and arrange them in the order you want. Each item is marked with a check box so that you can check off items as you complete them.
After you have moved an item to the Checklist folder, you can open it, click the Checklist tab, and assign it a due date. You can also mark it Completed and set its position in the list from the Checklist tab.
If you want another folder to work the way the Checklist folder does, right-click the folder, click Properties, click the Display tab, then select Checklist from the Setting Name drop-down list.
The Checklist folder is a system folder. It replaces the Task List folder.
The Sent Items folder displays all the items you have sent. Use this folder to find items you want to resend, reschedule, retract, and so forth.
When you send items in Remote or Caching mode, the number of pending items displays in square brackets to the right of the Sent Items folder. This number displays until the items have been sent.
The Sent Items folder is a system folder. (The Sent Items folder in previous versions of GroupWise was a Find Results folder.)
Use Junk Mail Handling to decide what to do with unwanted Internet e-mail that is sent to your GroupWise e-mail address.
Junk Mail Handling allows you to block or junk unwanted Internet e-mail. When you block e-mail, the e-mail address or Internet domain is added to a Block List. When you junk e-mail, the e-mail address or Internet domain is added to a Junk List. You can also add addresses and domains directly to the Block and Junk Lists.
E-mail that is junked is moved to a Junk Mail folder. E-mail that is blocked never arrives in your mailbox.
A Trust List allows you add addresses and domains that you never want to block or junk.
You can specify to junk all Internet e-mail originating from all users except those in your personal address books (including the Frequent Contacts address book).
Item views have tabs where you can make selections and specify additional information about that item.
In items you are composing, the Send Options tab lets you select the send options that apply to that item. For example, the Mail item view includes options for Priority, Delayed Delivery, Security, Status Tracking, and so forth.
In items you have received and sent, the Properties tab shows who else received the item, the size and creation date of attached files, and more. The Personalize tab gives you the options of adding a personal subject and assigning a category to the item.
You can assign a category to any item, including contacts. Categories provide you with a way to organize your items. You create and add categories and assign identifying category colors. The colors display in the item list and in the Calendar.
You can assign more than one category to an item, and specify which category is the primary one. The color of the primary category is used to identify the item. To assign a category to an item, right-click the item, click Category, then click the category name.
Four default categories (Follow-Up, Low Priority, Personal, and Urgent) are available for you to immediately assign to items. You can modify and delete them if you choose, as well as continue to create new categories.
You can filter on categories by using the Show menu next to the new Filter icon. You can add a Category column heading and sort your item list by category.
You can add a personal subject to items in your item list. This subject displays in the item list and in the Calendar. When you open the item, you can see the original subject.
The new Filter icon is two overlapping circles, one shaded and one white. The Filter icon is now located in the top right of the item list header. The Filter dialog box has been simplified. To access the previous Filter dialog box, click Advanced Filter in the Filter dialog box.
The Calendar has a new header with new navigation and date-choosing controls. These controls are consistent in every Calendar view. The colors in the Calendar have been softened to allow category colors of Calendar items to be more noticeable.
Headers have been added above the item list, Folder List, Calendar, and QuickViewer. They have also been added to items. These headers provide information about the folder or view you are in. In items, they include drop-down lists that display who the item was sent to, recurring dates of auto-date appointments, attachment lists, and more.
New icons have been added, and existing icon images have been updated in the toolbar, Item List, Folder List, Calendar, attachment window, item views, and QuickViewer.
Four new icons indicate status for sent items. In SP1, seven new icons indicate status for received items that have been replied to, forwarded, and/or delegated. For an image and description of these icons, click Help, click Help Topics, click the Index tab, look up icons, then display the topic About the Icons Appearing Next to Your Items.
Opening attachments has been enhanced. If the attached item is a forwarded or embedded message, single-clicking the attachment opens the attached message in the message field of the open item. When an attached message is displayed in the message field, the item header includes a link called Parent Message. If you click this link, the message field displays the "parent message," meaning the item one level up.
If the attached item is a file, single-clicking the attachment displays it in the message field of the open item. Double-clicking the attachment either opens it in the application with which it is associated, or displays it in the viewer.
New options in Tools > Options > Environment > Default Actions allow you to specify defaults for what happens when attachments are double-clicked. You are also prompted to specify these options the first time you double-click attachments.
In SP1, GroupWise warns you if an attachment is larger than 1000 KB (1 MB). To eliminate the warning message, click Tools > Options > Environment > Default Actions, then deselect Warn If Larger Than. You can also adjust the attachment size at which the warning message is displayed
The Mode drop-down list has been moved from the toolbar to the Folder List header. From this drop-down list, you can select the Online, Caching, and Remote modes.
Also from this drop-down list, you can select your Archive mailbox, Backup mailbox, and Proxy.
In an item you are composing, you can select a Proxy name or the account from which you want to send this item by clicking the From drop-down list.
When you open an item you have sent or received, the item is displayed in a read view ("viewer"). This view is easier to read and distinguish from a compose view.
The toolbar at the top of a folder or item is now context-sensitive; it changes to provide the options you need most in that location.
The toolbar icons have been updated with new images. You can now display text next to the icon.
When you are composing an item and click Address from an item view toolbar, a simple address book called the Address Selector dialog box is displayed. If you want to open the system address book, click Address Book in the Main Window toolbar.
The Address Book has been reorganized to display address books in an Address Book List in the left pane of the Address Book view. You can expand and collapse each address book by clicking + and -.
Groups display below each expanded address book. Contacts, resources, organizations, and groups display in the right pane of the Address Book view.
User and recipient public certificates are accessible from the Address Book. The Certificate Management and S/MIME Warning dialog boxes have been updated.
By default, if you have Default Read View set to Plain Text, GroupWise still displays HTML-only messages automatically because no plain text version is available. In SP1, you can select Force so that a message informs you whenever an HTML-only message cannot be displayed. Then you can click View > HTML to view it.