Testing Instant Messaging and Presence Connections

Managing the Mail Service 17-3 Figure 17–1 Configuring the Mail Service for WebCenter Portal Applications Table 17–1 Configuring the Mail Service for WebCenter Portal Applications Actor Task Sub-task Administrator 1. Install WebCenter and the back-end components for the Mail service 1.a For Microsoft Exchange 2007 only, follow additional configuration steps Developer 2. Integrate the Mail service in your WebCenter Portal application 2.a Configure a connection to your mail server in JDeveloper, associating the mail server with an external application 2.b Add the Mail task flow to a page in JDeveloper 17-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter ■ Roadmap - Configuring the Mail Service for WebCenter Spaces Figure 17–2 and Table 17–2 provide an overview of the prerequisites and tasks required to get the Mail service working in WebCenter Spaces. Developer or Administrator 3. Deploy the WebCenter Portal application using one of the following tools: ■ JDeveloper Developer ■ Fusion Middleware Control Administrator ■ WLST Administrator ■ WLS Admin Console Administrator Developer or Administrator 4. Optional Addmodify connection parameters using one of the following tools: ■ JDeveloper, then redeploy the application Developer ■ Fusion Middleware Control Administrator ■ WLST Administrator End User

5. Access mail by clicking Login to Mail

on a Mail task flow, and entering your login credentials for the mail server Table 17–1 Cont. Configuring the Mail Service for WebCenter Portal Applications Actor Task Sub-task Managing the Mail Service 17-5 Figure 17–2 Configuring the Mail Service for WebCenter Spaces

17.3 Mail Server Prerequisites

This section includes the following subsections: ■ Section 17.3.1, Mail Server - Installation Table 17–2 Configuring the Mail Service for WebCenter Spaces Actor Task Sub-task Administrator 1. Install WebCenter and the back-end components for the Mail service 1.a For Microsoft Exchange 2007 only, follow additional configuration steps 2. Configure a connection between WebCenter Spaces and your mail server -- associating the mail server with an external application -- using one of the following tools: ■ Fusion Middleware Control ■ WLST End User 3. Add the Mail task flow to the WebCenter Spaces page 4. Access mail with one of the following methods: ■ Click Login to Mail on a Mail task flow, and entering your login credentials for the mail server ■ Navigate to the Preferences - Mail page and specify your mail credentials 17-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter ■ Section 17.3.2, Mail Server - Configuration ■ Section 17.3.3, Mail Server - Security Considerations ■ Section 17.3.4, Mail Server - Limitations

17.3.1 Mail Server - Installation

See your mail server documentation for installation information.

17.3.2 Mail Server - Configuration

You can allow WebCenter to create and manage Space distribution lists in WebCenter Spaces or in WebCenter Portal applications leveraging WebCenter Spaces Space management. This feature is supported only with Microsoft Exchange. The Space distribution list is created automatically whenever a Space is created. Users added or removed from the Space are implicitly added or removed from the corresponding Space distribution list, provided that the LDAP Base DN does not change only one LDAP Base DN is supported and that users created on Microsoft Exchange Active Directory correspond with users created in the identity store used by the WebCenter application. To disable this feature, do not enter the LDAP Active Directory server details in the mail connection. For more information, see step 7 of Section 17.4.1, Registering Mail Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control. For information about adding users on a mail server, see the mail servers product documentation. For information about adding users to the WebCenter applications identity store, see Section 28.3, Adding Users to the Embedded LDAP Identity Store. Microsoft Exchange 2007 is the only mail server for which there are configuration prerequisites. If you are working with a different mail server including Microsoft Exchange 2003, then you can skip the rest of this section.

17.3.2.1 Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 for WebCenter

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 certificate must be added to the WebCenter keystore. This requires the following steps. 1. Section 17.3.2.1.1, Obtain the Certificate from the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 2. Section 17.3.2.1.2, Add the Certificate to the WebCenter Keystore 3. Restart the server after the certificate is imported.

17.3.2.1.1 Obtain the Certificate from the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Obtain the

certificate from your mail server installation administrator. This section describes one way to get the certificate from the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Follow these steps to obtain the certificate from a Microsoft Exchange 2007 server. 1. Open a browser and connect to your IMAP server with the following command: https:host_nameowa Where host_name is the name of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

2. Place your cursor on the page, right-click, and select Properties, then click

Certificate . 3. In the popup window, click the Details tab, and click Copy to File...