After you have successfully installed KONSEC Konnektor, an email account, the offline data file and the mail profile must be created in the Microsoft Windows Control Panel.

Open the Control Panel by clicking on Start > Control Panel.

...and open the Mail category by double-clicking on the category icon.

The following mail setup dialog will appear:

Add a new profile in the mail setup dialog.
Click on Show Profile...

Click on Add... and enter a profile name.

A sensible name for the profile would be „Konnektor“.
Confirm the action by pressing OK.

Immediately thereafter you will be presented with the email accounts dialog.

Choose „View or Edit E-Mail Accounts“ and click on Next.

Click Add to create a new email account.

Select the server type „POP3“ and click on Next

User Information: Enter your name and email address.

Login Information: Enter your email address that you use on your Kolab Server (e.g. joe.user@kolab.domain.com)

Server Information: Enter the mail server that is responsible for sending and receiving mail (POP3/SMTP). (Example.: kolab.domain.com)

Test the settings you entered by clicking Test Settings…

All five tests must be completed successfully. Check over the settings in the last dialog. You may close the „Test Account Settings“ dialog by pressing the Close button.

In the e-mail Accounts Dialog, click on Next > to continue.

Next click on New Outlook Data File... in order to create a new Outlook Data File of the KONSEC Konnektor type.

Select the format „KONSEC Konnektor“ and click OK.

In the Email Accounts Dialog click on Finished.

Now select the profile that should become the default profile. In the example above, „Konnektor“ is the default profile. Next, click on OK to complete the email account configuration.

With this action, you have completed the configuration of the KONSEC MAPI Storage Provider with the Control Panel.

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