Caching mode stores a copy of your network mailbox, including your messages and other information, on your local drive. This allows you to use GroupWise whether or not your network or Post Office Agent is available. Because you are not connected to the network all the time, this mode cuts down on network traffic and has the best performance. A connection is made automatically to retrieve and send new messages. All updates are performed in the background so your work is not interrupted.
You should use this mode if you have enough disk space on your local drive to store your mailbox.
Several users can set up their Caching Mailboxes on a single shared computer.
If you run Caching Mode and Remote Mode on the same computer, the same local mailbox (also called the Caching Mailbox or Remote Mailbox) can be used to minimize disk space usage.
If disk space is limited, you can restrict the items that are downloaded to your local mailbox. You can specify to get the subject line only or specify a size limit.
Call the HelpDesk at 422-3884 if you have any questions or need any help.
Setting up a Caching Mailbox requires enough disk space (either on your local hard drive or another network drive) to store all the data in your mailbox. Make sure GroupWise is installed on the computer where you want to set up your Caching Mailbox.
Click File > Mode > Caching.
Type the path for your Caching Mailbox > click OK (if you aren't sure where you want it, use the default by just clicking OK).
GroupWise automatically updates the Caching Mailbox with an image of the Online Mailbox. The initial update or "priming" should not be interrupted until complete. This may take a half an hour or more. You will be prompted to restart GroupWise to change to the Caching Mode.
After the Caching Mailbox is primed, you might want to run GroupWise in Caching Mode without changing modes from Online to Caching. To run in Caching mode,
Right-click the Windows desktop > New > Shortcut.
Type C:\NOVELL\GROUPWISE\GRPWISE.EXE /pc-<PATH TO CACHING DIRECTORY>. The path is the path you typed in Step 3.
Click Next.
Type a name for the shortcut, such as Caching.
Click Finish.
